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Was I Meant to Do It Myself?

Last week our condo’s hot water heater stopped working. The blue light had three flashes and then eight flashes, which ChatGPT diagnosed as a bad vapor sensor. My first inclination was to bring in a pro, but my AI sidekick insisted that it was an easy fix I could do

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Why I Didn’t Vote

It’s November 6, and I’m sitting at Starbucks writing this piece, across from the polling place I chose not to vote at in 2018. For

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Trick-or-Treat Economy

The mavens and savants are struggling with lots of economic numbers coming in that do not conform to popular wisdom. We have a very tight

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Why do I care so much?

The World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers starts tonight in Beantown. I’ll probably watch, but I may listen to a

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