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I couldn’t tell you what I had for dinner last night, but I remember September 11, 2001.

FILE - Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky recites one of his poems on stage at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J., on May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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I have a solid and satisfying correspondence with a history professor friend in Pennsylvania. His name is Dave. We write each other about what…

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It is summer, and it is sweltering. While I try to maintain a moderate body temperature, sitting in front of our oscillating fan, my mind occa…

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When our boys were in their elementary years, I came to be good friends with the first school teacher, the kindergarten teacher of our son Joe…

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In my previous column, I considered those physical and actual things that separate humans from each other, that separate animals from humans, …

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Having written in a previous column that I’m not keen on New Year’s resolutions, I begin with a confession: I am endeavoring to practice a dry…