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“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Harvey Freedenberg
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Harvey Freedenberg
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Booklover, meditator, golfer & @UMichLaw alum. #GoBlue I write for @BookPage, @Bookreporter, @ShelfAwareness, & @KirkusReviews & care about our democracy.
Harrisburg, PA Beigetreten Ocak 2010
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From @ShelfAwareness my review of A PERFECT COINCIDENCE : The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Jim Rasenberger: shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2026-… @ScribnerBooks
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Every word out of the man’s mouth can be assigned to one of two categories: (1) outright fabrications; (2) utter nonsense.
Molly Jong-Fast@MollyJongFast
How would that even work
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Memo to @PamBondi: YTD the DJIA is down 5.8%.
Oops, there goes that talking point.
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If you believe the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution means anything, you should find this article disturbing:
nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/… via @NYTimes
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A wise friend of mine shared these words today in a group text and I thought I would pass them along:
"Remember to judge people almost tenderly because there’s always a side you can’t possibly know, some story you couldn’t make up and some battle waged you didn’t have to fight.
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The Trump Cult Party’s claims that we need the SAVE America Act to prevent large numbers of noncitizens from voting and that mail voting is rife with fraud are two of the biggest lies emanating from a political party that has made lying its signature move.
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@BStulberg I love this post, Brad. Since 2005, I’ve reviewed nearly 1,300 books for various publications, so I’m doing what I can to keep people reading. On a personal level, it’s a lifeline for me. All your suggestions are excellent ones.
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From @Bookreporter my review of Helen Garner’s STORIES: The Collected Short Fiction: bookreporter.com/reviews/storie… #shortstories
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And we’re paying for this—week after week after week. Shameful. Imagine what Republicans would be saying if Obama or Biden had done what he’s doing.
Brian Krassenstein@krassenstein
BREAKING: Trump lands in Palm Beach to vacation at his resort with billionaires as war rages on and Americans lose their lives in the Middle East.
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From @ShelfAwareness my review of Francine Prose’s novel FIVE WEEKS IN THE COUNTRY, about Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen: shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2026-… @HarperCollins
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@PaulJacobsMedia Odds of him running for re-election in 2028: Close to zero. And if he does, he will be crushed in a Democratic primary. He is despised at every level of the PA Democratic Party. He really should resign and get the help he needs.
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@RadioFreeTom And the whole "blood" thing from his *uncle* is beyond creepy. P. S. He did not go to the Wharton Business School, and even if he did, it's not "the hardest college of all to get into."
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It does not speak well of us as a nation that so many of us have gotten used to how bonkers this is.
It also reeks of status envy and insecurity, which you'd think wouldn't really afflict the most powerful man in the world, but he seems acutely aware that he's not very smart.
Acyn@Acyn
Trump: I know a lot of stupid people that went to a good college. My uncle was the longest serving professor at MIT. That means I have much better blood. But I went to the hardest college of all to get into, the Wharton school of finance, that means I'm real smart.
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Too bad the 25 Amendment and the impeachment power don't mean anything any more. . .
Molly Ploofkins@Mollyploofkins
Trump is now blaming Hegseth, Jared, Witkoff, and Rubio for his decision to attack Iran.
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"Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:"
W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"
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From @bookpage my review of Tom Junod’s memoir IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN:
bookpage.com/reviews/in-the…
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Does this remind anyone of his disastrous COVID briefings? Pure gibberish. The man knows nothing and has learned nothing, in what is the sixth year of his presidency.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Q: You said the war is 'very complete.' But your defense secretary says 'this is just the beginning.' So which is it? TRUMP: You could say both
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@ElliottBlackwe3 One of favorite novels of 2023 (my review below), and he has a new one coming later this year: #m61065" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?iss…
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Reading in bed is always the best way to end one's day
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Read THE WAY OF EXCELLENCE by @BStulberg. . .
Brad Stulberg@BStulberg
Internet brain is making us all profoundly dumber. Digital slop is destroying our attention spans. Study after study shows declines in focus, critical thinking, and literacy. One of the most counter-culture things you can do right now is read a book.
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Gas prices surging. Stocks plunging. Welcome to the wreckage that is the Trump Economy. He did this. “Trump’s War Becomes World’s Latest Economic Hazard” nytimes.com/2026/03/09/bus… via @NYTimes
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