Michael Rosenthal does not have a column this week. As of the deadline for this issue, the Mirror publisher had just returned from picking berries in Portland and was still quite focused on whether the strawberries were better than the blueberries or if the raspberries were the best of all. Next week, really, truly, his column will return.
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