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Oct.01.2012
It's irritating, innit?
So many decisions in American society are being pushed forward by expediency. Values and principles are being shunted aside.
The usual reasons for dismissing values and principles?
1. Security. We must be safe. We must be secure. We were attacked, you know. If we...
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Sep.20.2012
All I have to say is Vote. Vote. Vote and VOTE!!!
I have become transfixed with the goings on of politicians and the media. MSNBC, CNN, Network Television and Fox have become some of my bestest friends. Here I am able to take a look at grown, so called smart folks; telling me what I should and...
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Sep.03.2012
image via mobilism.org
Harper’s Magazine, September 2012 Issue
As a reader, my affection for Harper’s Magazine continues to grow. That’s not because of its leftward political cant, but because its articles usually contain explanatory substance behind most provocative...
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Sep.03.2012
Photo: (Top) Title page of the First Edition, 1850, from the book's Wikipedia page.
Photo: First Editions, from flavorwire.com.
I have a lot of little things to say about this--about its plot, themes, images, metaphors and writing--so let's just bullet them:
--There was a stretch...
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Aug.31.2012
Clint Eastwood speaks to Barack Obama as represented by an empty chair. Image Credit: H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY
Of Clint Eastwood, Chairs, And A Job Well Done
The presentations at the Republican National Convention (RNC) were strong with a theme that was gifted to the...
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Aug.29.2012
Ah for the years of presidential campaigns gone by.
Political pundit's call the run-up to presidential elections the Silly Season. The time when campaign rhetoric jumps to conclusions about what is going to happen, based on small pieces of information. As Congress is in recess until...
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Aug.21.2012
The polls tell us that Mr. Romney’s strongest support is among low-income white men and high-income white men. In other words: the pissed-off jobless dude and the boss-man who outsourced his job. Go figure.
Similarly counter-intuitive are the political preferences of Tea Party enthusiasts, who...
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Aug.05.2012
I like to say we learn most from mistakes. After all, rehearsing our mastery doesn’t stretch us, nor does it trigger the need to develop skill at pivoting. Taking a wrong turn is such a powerful creative force: Ooops! Time to improvise! As much as I like to be right, I must admit...
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Jul.30.2012
It is amazing that in the times we are living there seems to be no control being exercised on the so-called leaders of the major world governments: all of them trying to rattle their swords as major world powers because they...
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Jul.20.2012
Tickets are now available for my bipartisan romantic comedy RIGHT ON TARGET, premiering opening weekend at the prestigious New York International Fringe Festival at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. It's about an African American conservative and his liberal Jewish wife and stars Simcha...
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