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The end is near?
The Freeman
|March 27, 2025
This is part of Frank Sinatra's 1969 classic song.
My Way, the English-written version by Paul Anka of the French "Comme d'habitude," written by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, and Claude François, and, recorded in late 1967.
Remember this verse?
"And now, the end is near and so I face the final curtain,my friend, I'll say it clear I'll state my case, of which I'm certain,I've lived a life that's traveled each and every highway,And more, much more than this,I did it my way."
Originally intended in today's column as a question (the end is near?) to alert all that the 2030 deadline for global warming may be coming closer/earlier, this question, upon deeper reflection, can also be used to inform us about our Francis' recent serious health problem, Du30's ICC detention and Lent.
Japan's forest fires (last Sunday in the western towns of Okama/Imabari/Aso and in the Iwate area early March) urgently alert us all to these dangerous warnings that climate change is-
This story is from the March 27, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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