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This was the very rare week \u2014 third time in 17 years \u2014 when I did not file a column. I was traveling in Turkey and Greece and had trouble getting consistent Internet connections to do the column that I wanted to write.<\/p>\n\n

So I will file it next week. I did write a short post or two for www.getreligion.org <\/p>\n\n

Thanks. The column will return on its normal schedule this week.<\/p>\n\n

tmatt<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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