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  • While having breakfast in Kansas City, everyone was watching the news. The film of the riots in Los Angeles and the National Guard’s use of tear gas was causing some consternation. I was chatting to a couple of people about the news, as we are heading West, but fortunately, not to Los Angeles. What strikes

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  • Because of the delights of our extended stay in Jersey City, we didn’t get to spend quite as much time as we had hoped in Philadelphia.I’ve spent more time in Philadelphia than any other American city, but not usually as a tourist.  I was struck by how much of the meta-narrative at Independence Hall still

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