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The Day It Didn't Go Away, with notes on subsequent nonevents |
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by Will Gottlieb
Coastal Journal staff
A terrible thing failed to happen the other day, and I can only say that I'm extremely disappointed. The Large Hadron Collider, which went online a couple of weeks ago somewhere outside Geneva, Switzerland, failed to produce a black hole that would have otherwise destroyed the world. A dismal failure. (I have been somewhat compensated in the interim by the demolition of Yankee Stadium. Thank God for small favors.)
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How to stimulate Maine’s economy |
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by Hamilton Meserve
Special to the Coastal Journal
Everybody agrees Maine's economy is stagnant, growing just 1% the past two years.
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My interest in disinterestedness |
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by Will Gottlieb
Coastal Journal staff
Once upon a time in the world, worthy people were often praised for their disinterested character, “disinterested” being a word properly understood to mean “unaffected by self-interest.” Note that this does not mean “having no interest” or “not interested” - anyone lacking interest, in the sense of being actively invested or involved in things around them, might safely be said to be in a coma.
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