Wall Street protesters and the fall of the Bastille.
poet lauriate
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Poet’s Notebook hits 100 (columns, that is)
One milestone leads to consideration of another.
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No Arab Spring for Iraq
And there’s no reason for America to keep its soldiers there.
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The workers’ song
A song reminds us why labor got organized in the first place.
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Sun worship
Wonders abound in the universe, even if at times they’re a little confusing.
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Once more, with oomph
An unexpected revival of my brief Polish film career.
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Global-warming doubters and the long hot summer
Poet’s Notebook: Peter Meinke feels the temperatures rising.
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Pascal’s wager
Why believing in God has always been a wise bet.
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The eye of the needle
If our country wants to talk the talk of Christianity, it needs to walk the walk.
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The fan problem
The Rays and the Orchestra share a common deficit, no matter how well they play.
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Not my cup of tea
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Fly, lame ducks!
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Hard currency: If the root of all evil is money, the root of all good is education
It’s dangerous to be dumb about money.
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Pass the cold turkey
Learning to live with a vegetarian — and like it.
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Flying away
On a college campus, talk of Obama and fleeting hopes.