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For My Dad: Talking Ulysses

For My Dad: Talking Ulysses

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Virginia Heffernan
Jul 21, 2024
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Bloomsday, 2024

My dad, who died peacefully this morning at 85, always said that too much money and energy was spent keeping white men alive into their 80s. And, I could add, too much spent keeping them in positions of power. My father’s goodbye was the most beautiful our family could have imagined. The world is much better, truer, and more beautiful bec…

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