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June 2016
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A PRIMER ON CANADIAN POLITICS (FOR AMERICANS) – PART 2
Read more: A PRIMER ON CANADIAN POLITICS (FOR AMERICANS) – PART 2Thank you to Rick for inviting me to post this on the Smatters blog! I’m very happy to be guest blogging. The purpose of this series is to give my American friends a better understanding…
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The Orlando massacre
Read more: The Orlando massacreThe gun control issue is no longer up for debate. It is already resolved. It was resolved three and a half years ago, when we decided, as a nation, that two dozen elementary school…
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Tech-choking Image of History
Read more: Tech-choking Image of HistoryThere’s something charming about Adam’s Synchronological Chart or Map of History, even if I am a secular scientific type. It shows the history of the world following (more or less) Ussher’s chronology which famously…
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Ecobee Air Conditioning Update
Read more: Ecobee Air Conditioning UpdateIn honor of the bouncing seasons, I turned on my air conditioner a couple of weeks ago. In Minnesota that means you remove the wintertime weather covers from outdoor compressors and then turn on…
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