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From KM re my trip to Poland

September 16, 2023 · 1 min read

“I just read your blog about your most recent trip. My mother’s family was from Poland. That’s where my grandmother’s family immigrated from. My grandfather’s family was exterminated during the Holocaust. I…

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An email from DC

December 9, 2019 · 1 min read

I am immensely grateful to you for all I’ve learned from you over the years and for the responsibility you’ve given me in working with your business, your team, and, most importantly, your customers….With deep…

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From AS re my essay “How to Be a Conservative, Part II” in the Oct. 3 issue

October 10, 2023 · 1 min read

“I laughed when I read the part about the military hierarchy. My second day of basic training, I saw this graffiti on the wall of the latrine: ‘The definition of the army is the uneducated telling the…

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Reader's Tuba Trauma Resurfaces After Decades

February 16, 2022 · 1 min read

Re the Jethro Tull video in the Feb. 9 issue: “I looked at the Jethro Tull video and had a flashback to grammar school. Sister Claire Eileen entered me in a music competition for the tuba when I was in 6th…

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From AS re the piece about Ayn Rand in the Oct. 17 issue

October 20, 2023 · 1 min read

“I have always loved Ayn Rand. I’ve read her novels and some of her short stories. While reading her books, I always stop and think, ‘She came here from Russia when she was 19 and is writing these books in her…

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