Tag Archives: secondhand smoke

Bring Back the Smoking Parlor

After dinner, the men would retire to the parlor with their cigars and brandy, while the women sipped tea and sherry in the drawing room. This seems quaint, but practical, to the Sensible Smoker. Why not designate one room of … Continue reading

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A Culture of Lying

CNN, quoting the Surgeon General, reported that “secondhand smoke is as dangerous as smoking.” Time Magazine and the BBC, quoting the United Nations, reported that “secondhand smoke causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.” A  married couple says a debt reduction company … Continue reading

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Secondhand Somalia

So they arrested this poor Somali kid who’s got so many reasons to feel like a hated outcast that — in his adolescent brain — the possibility of death is no doubt less horrible than the thought of going one … Continue reading

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Iberian Some Reasonably Good News

Like many people educated in the U.S., I was taught to have a negative view of the history of Spain. Ruthless colonialists, Inquisitors, fascist Hemmingway villains, machismo-addled bull torturers, etc. So it’s been a revelation to see 21st century Spain … Continue reading

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