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A virtual gadgeteria

What’s happened during my dotage to dash almost all interest in how things operate? Why’s it always easier, as I […]

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Is Joe Six-Pack impressed?

One of the things that make a reporter’s job difficult is the ever-popular “no comment,” uttered by politicians to reporters […]

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It’s plain unpronounceable

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Anyone dissatisfied with almost-$4 gasoline prices can’t expect corresponding savings by flying. Our recent international flight […]