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Foreign Policy Talking Points
A Distillation
Apr 18
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Terry Cowan
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March 2024
Pogoland
Five years from now, America will be okay. You’ll probably be okay. And if you are not okay, it will in all likelihood have nothing to do with who was…
Mar 15
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Going Off Script
The script of conventional wisdom on Ukraine, That Which Must be Believed, is getting a bit threadbare and here and there some of the pages are falling…
Mar 4
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February 2024
Mystery and Serendipity in a Literary Morning
When my oldest son was growing up, the wife and I endevoured to expose him to as much history and culture as we could manage, that being in short supply…
Feb 28
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Terry Cowan
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Two Years In
The war in Ukraine has been on my mind a lot lately. I have been circumspect about my views, opening up to only a few close friends and of course, my…
Feb 25
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January 2024
Our Long National Nightmare Officially Begins
(Apologies: This should be my ONLY political commentary for 2024. I will not dignify the process by either naming the parties or the participants. ) I…
Jan 15
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Fearless Predictions for 2024
I realize that my predictive capabilities are suspect. This year in particular reminds me that it was about fifteen years ago that I predicted that 2024…
Jan 1
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Terry Cowan
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December 2023
Fun with Math & Genealogy
My friends know that I periodically go down genealogical rabbit holes. It’s somewhat like working in a mine--you go deep into dark recesses, for there…
Dec 16, 2023
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Friendship in a Time of Politics
I inadvertently glimpsed a bit of news yesterday, reminding me of the New Hampshire primary barrelling towards us on January 23rd, with the Iowa…
Dec 1, 2023
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October 2023
The Z Word
I lead a quiet life. While I do get around a bit, I always love returnning to my calm sanctuary, an island of civilized sanity in a world gone stark…
Oct 28, 2023
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September 2023
Behind the Cut Pages
In the Glen of Parnassus
Sep 15, 2023
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Terry Cowan
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In the English Churches
Saxons, Wall Paintings and Holy Wells
Sep 1, 2023
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