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If Socrates Were a Chief Inspector: Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache Series

Spoiler alert: this post discusses plot elements from A Rule Against Murder, A Trick of the Light, The Long Way Home, The Brutal Telling, and Bury Your Dead. I love murder mysteries. I read a lot of them, from well-written and complex stories to “cozy” mysteries, one of the pleasures of which is their simplicity.Continue reading “If Socrates Were a Chief Inspector: Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache Series”

On Rights, Freedom, and Covid

“We have to make sure this transcends politics,” he said. “It can’t be the mask game again. Vaccines are not political”—President Biden (reported by Politico, 3/15/21) When I was home for the holidays, I visited my 80-year-old aunt in a rehab facility where she has been since she fell a few months back. My momContinue reading “On Rights, Freedom, and Covid”