I've heard from you here and via email and I've decided to leave the comment section unmolested -- at least for some time. I don't wish to inconvenience anyone. But "Like" my Facebook page anyway, OK? You'll be glad you did, for every now and then you'll be reminded to roam through the deranged right-wing comments left there. And you will marvel.  

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By the way, this site is now accessible at, simply, pmcarpenter.com (that is, no more "blogs" in the URL).

Oh, and in making that change, I evidently wiped out every FB "like," every last one. The "1" below is a test, and it's mine. I should know better than to tamper with the gods of computer technology, all of whom are far, far above my head.