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While similar in appearance, they are unrelated to the penguin, who may have gained its name from the great auk’s scientific genus, Pinguinus. In fact the word “penguin” appeared in the 16th century as a synonym for Auk. 18th century
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“For people in the group I have been describing, there’s nothing dysfunctional or disappointing about Democratic politics; it feels exactly right. And what is rightest and most inspiring about it is the”
― Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
― Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
“The “ancestral sausage” goes back twenty thousand years to the Paleolithic era.”
― Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
― Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
“Hot dogs are the kind of American that you know there is something deeply wrong with but still find endearing.”
― Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
― Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
“Sanders was a living symbol of what the Democrats used to stand for, and party leaders didn’t seem to appreciate being reminded of how far they had strayed.”
― Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
― Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
“IT WAS ONE OF those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
Alec’s 2025 Year in Books
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