Tag: Abraham Lincoln

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off

“In the end what will happen will be what has happened whenever a civilization breaks up. The people who have brains and courage come through and the ones who haven’t are winnowed out.” Ashley Wilkes, in Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell I told some friends yesterday that, while the thought of living off …

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What the Friday? The Journey Continues

In which we thank Presidents Washington and Lincoln for a three-day weekend. It’s Friday and weather reports for the weekend are, at best, depressing. Still, there’s much to be done. Tonight, we’ll be seeing friends perform A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters at the Ashland Coffee and Tea, and tomorrow we’ll be seeing other friends in Steel …

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