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Reading Log: February 2025
The books I read in the month of February 2025
February 2025 Books: photo by Cliff Hutson |
The paucity of books this month can be chalked up to my trying to put a dent in the weeks old pile up of the "The New Yorker" magazine.
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authors,
books,
cultural history,
drugs,
history,
magazines,
medicine,
mind,
nonfiction,
reading,
science,
sports
Monday, February 24, 2025
No Parking (Any Time)
Monday, February 17, 2025
Presidents' Day (USA)
Presidents Day is an opportunity to remember presidential history
Presidents’ Day is observed annually on the third Monday in February. It is a federal holiday in the United States that was originally established in 1879 to commemorate the birthday of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Since then, the holiday has evolved to recognize all presidents who have served the needs of the country. I have previously written about that.
This year it might also be a time to contemplate what future lies before us as our current president and the people who support him, chiefly out of selfish interests, work to undermine our democracy. "Checks and balances" seem to have been subverted, if an administration chooses to ignore the law. The pen may be no longer mightier than the sword when the media capitulate to threats.
On a historical note, one president who infamously ignored a court order ended up on our twenty-dollar Federal Reserve note.
Monday, February 10, 2025
Reading Log: January 2025
The books that I read in the month of January 2025
"50 States, 1000 Eats," Joe Yogerst
"¡Ask a Mexican!," Gustavo Arellano
"Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny," Garrison Keillor
"Mapping California," Susan Schulten
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authors,
cartoons,
crime fiction,
culture,
food,
magazines,
map,
mystery,
nonfiction,
restaurant,
soccer,
travel,
TV
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