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Marriage made in Japan

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This is the most curious story I have read in a long time. What it goes to show is that every society finds ways to bring its members together, somehow. The NYTimes reports: For Japan’s Young Singles, Romance Gets a Corporate Middleman A generation exhausted by dating apps is embracing a corporate reinvention of traditional matchmaking, fueling [Read More]
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An Unusual Love Story

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Sometimes I read the column “Modern Love” in the NY Times. This is at least the 2nd time that the editors have chosen a remarkable love story, one that I have never heard before. Platonic, Until Death Do Us Part By EPHI STEMPLER JAN. 21, 2016 IN NY Times Recently I stumbled across an article about [Read More]
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The Last Days of a Dictator

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The last days of a dictator are not particularly fun. Hitler committed suicide in 1945 when the Russians were close to his underground bunker in Berlin. Saddam Hussein loved life too much and come out of a hole in the ground when guns had surrounded him.  I am not sure about Qaddafi’s attitude toward his image image [Read More]