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My 1966 high school graduation speech describes the United States in 2026

I had one semester of college French. So one of the few French sayings I know is Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. "The more it changes, the more it is the same thing." That was the thought I had after I found my 1966 graduation speech at Woodlake Union High School (go Tigers!) in central California yesterday. My wife and I just had our carpets replaced, so everything had to be taken out of drawers and cabinets. Then replaced. When I was putting an unorganized pile of my early writings in a somewhat more organized state before…
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Here’s 20 reasons why I’m liking my Tesla Model Y Premium more than any other car

Having gotten my driver's license at 16, I've driven lots of different cars in the past 61 years (from that you math wizards can figure out how old I am). This makes the title of this blog post a huge endorsement of the 2026 Tesla Model Y Juniper -- a car I'm liking much more than I thought I would after I leased a red model about nine weeks ago. In mid-June I listed some of the things I enjoyed about the car. Here's an updated list, now that I'm considerably more familiar with my Tesla. In no particular order...…
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