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December 2023

RIP, Lucy Morgan, Ace Florida Statehouse Reporter For The Tampa Bay Times
Ms Morgan died in late September. I memorialized her on my Facebook page. I should have cross-posted the Facebook entry here because Ms. Morgan was the…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
Scary, Astonishing, as University Presidents Heap Credence on Calls to Eliminate Jews
The nation yesterday witnessed three leading educators testify to Congress that talk of Jewish genocide can be acceptable. It was a gross, despicable…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff

September 2023

Hagiography on Milley & Biden, But Not Zelensky
We need hagiography on hagiography. Sans hagiography, Zelensky wanted a chance to address the national legislature and he's getting it -- in Ottawa, not…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
Reconsidering Ulysses S. Grant, the Jews, the Native Americans, and the Reconstruction South
The 18th president's reputation took a huge leap in my book after I read Ron Chernow's 2017 biography. This Democrat admires many Republicans, and Grant…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
Remembering Gov. Frank L. O’Bannon of Indiana 20 Years Later, and Why We Need More Like Him
My opinions as a moderate Democrat were shaped by serving under Frank, who became the last Democrat elected as governor by the people of Indiana.
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Douglass Taft Davidoff

June 2023

Weicker, A Connecticut & U.S. Political Leader, Died Today; Served in House, Senate, And As Guv
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., investigated Nixon on the Senate Watergate Committee and changed U.S. and Connecticut policies. He won two races as a Republican…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
Remembering My Father on Father's Day 2023
I'm channeling the memories of my dad, Jerry Davidoff, and considering his example.
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
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New Leg, New Love of Life, on Eve of My 66th B/D
I'm having a lot of success with my new prosthetic left leg after amputation Feb. 22nd below the knee at Yale-New Haven. Feeling so much better, with…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff

May 2023

Redlining in Bridgeport, 1937 and Now
A map shows how the Park City was divided into safe, questionable, and no-go zones. The presence of African Americans -- even a few -- brought out the…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
Four Corners, Four Flags. One of Them Ugly!
Utah state senator Daniel McCay, the vexillologist you've never heard of (if indeed you've heard of that word), is bringing modern graphics to the…
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
Afterworld of Our Fathers and Mothers
Luke Russert's book tour for 'Look For Me There' offers a universal truth facing everyone who has lost a treasured parent.
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Douglass Taft Davidoff
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