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Why you should subscribe to the NY Times- at a discount

Subscribe to the New York Times for $1 a week. You don’t have to read any of this. You just need to follow this link to subscribe for $1 a week for a year to the New York Times: https://nytimes.com/share/VQrAiRu This works on your smart phone, tablet, or desktop computer. You can thank me later. Read More

Esrati report, episode 7 How many public meetings do you need?

Welcome to the Esrati Report- this is the first post with the new blog theme. Would love to hear what you think in comments. Why am I doing live video blogs daily, instead of the old style posting you ask? Well, one, because local news is full of car crashes, fires, credit card skimmers and Read More

2017: the sound and the fury

For the record: I hated Faulkner in high school. But, if the title fits- so be it. Last year was a struggle. Ending with me laid up for 4 days in bed with a cold that wouldn’t quit. It was like a detoxification period. Pour fluids in, sweat them out. Binge watch Netflix. Repeat. For Read More

Update on esrati.com – or why I’ve been so quiet

The bozo meter finally was broken. That feature that allowed you to vote, bozo or brilliant- and hide the stupdity (even my own) in comments, hadn’t been updated in a year. We’ve found a new ratings plugin, that also handles subscriptions. Going back to import the votes on old comments seemed like way too much Read More

Gifts for the person with everything- and gifts for Dayton

Yes, this is a list of products that I hope you’ll buy from Amazon, where I will get a cut. But to keep it interesting, it’s also a list of things you can’t buy (unless you are part of the 1% and can control elections) and, of course, if you really want to make a Read More

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