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“Sin taxes come from wine, beer, and spirits. They generate revenue from sports betting and casino gambling. In addition, they are levied on cigarettes, marijuana, and sugary beverages.

I have had a hobby, actually for many years now, woodworking. There is something endlessly satisfying, at least to me, about turning rough lumber into a sometimes helpful object. Maybe the surgeon in my hands and heart enjoys working with wood.

“In the intervening years, the professional zoo and aquarium community has fundamentally altered the way it views the task of caring for the animals in its collections.

“For me, a hit of raw cookie dough might make me almost as happy as, say, going to a concert.

My image of the town square with various community members offering their world views has always felt satisfyingly fair.

So what’s the deal with Marie Curie’s laboratory notebooks? I recently read a question on an internet Q&A website asking how they can still be dangerous after a century and claiming that even touching the pages can put one at risk.

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One of the consequences of the confused and, at times, complicated messaging of our public health system and the 24-7-365 drumbeat of the media is that fear has been a primary driver during COVID times.

“In November 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in a landslide.