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Christmas Carols 
Suzanne Guldimann, December 12, 2025 0  
Villagers all, this frosty tide, Let your doors swing open wide, Though wind may follow, and snow beside, Yet draw us in by your fire to bide; Joy shall be yours in the morning! —Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in...
Local Authors/Local Interest 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 29, 2025 0  
Every fall TNT showcases some of the newest books that are written by local authors, or of local interest. This year presented challenges for everyone in our community. Authors everywhere have been hit hard by rising costs, declines in...
Family Photos 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 14, 2025 2  
Almost every secondhand shop has a box of old photos for sale. Ladies and gentlemen in their Sunday best; laborers pausing at their work; children, stiff and unnatural in a studio portrait, or candid and full of life on...
Halloween History 
Suzanne Guldimann, October 17, 2025 0  
For many years, the Malibu Feed Bin heralded the arrival of Halloween with a display of pumpkins for sale. This year, the corner of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway hosts only a utilitarian assortment of trailers used...
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Life is Good 

Jimmy P. Morgan, January 15, 2021 0 5 min read  
In Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker defies the persistent drumbeat of negativity that floods our avenues of information. Through six dozen graphs that break down the vitality of the human...
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Uncle Joe 

Jimmy P. Morgan, December 31, 2020 1 5 min read  
Dear Uncle Joe, Given the general attitude towards government in the twenty-first century, it occurs to me that the expectations surrounding your recent promotion are rather low. With that said, you have been pursuing this job for quite some...
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Making Sausage 

Jimmy P. Morgan, November 20, 2020 0 6 min read  
In The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket (2020), “hands-on investigative journalist” Benjamin Lorr peels back that thin layer of self-delusion that separates almost all of us from the troubling truths of modern society....
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Long Division 

Jimmy P. Morgan, November 6, 2020 0 5 min read  
A podcast series titled To See Each Other focuses on the activities of politically progressive organizations throughout the country that were absolutely floored by the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Sponsored by an umbrella group known as People’s...