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Posts published by “Marilyn Davin”

In Mors, Veritas

One day more than 25 years ago my mom called me and asked me to drop by. This was nothing unusual; my parents lived nearby…

At Home With The Trumps

Donald and Melania Trump are seated at a secluded table awaiting lunch on one of Mar-a-Lago’s shaded patios. The worst of the unforgiving Florida sun…

Nothing But The Truth

We are all, alas, susceptible to lesser and greater degrees of regrettable moral lapses; it’s the price of being human. Most of these best-forgotten incidents…

There’s Nothing to Fear But…

Fear is critical to every mammal’s survival, including ours. Fear keeps us from sticking our hands in a campfire, staring at the sun, or swimming…

For Immediate Posting 

CNN News Team: Keep up the good work, go Team! Outside of a couple of troublemakers (unfortunately too popular to fire outright), you have each…

God Gave This Land To Me

As the destruction of Gaza unfolds day after endless day I find myself thinking about my late friend Otto Schnepp. Otto and I served on…

O Israel…

At the tender age of 19 I boarded an Athens-bound train at the Gare du Nord station in Paris. I was on a train because…

Before America’s Terrorists Became Heroes

King George III sat moodily at his breakfast in Kew Castle while awaiting his prime minister, Lord Frederick North. On this morning the king had…

Take This Job…

My condo building is peopled for the most part by liberal Baby Boomers interested in the world around them, and on a recent balmy afternoon…

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