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arlene-goldbard's picture
Nov.12.2012
Few things make me as happy as discovering a way of seeing the world that illuminates both large political events and my own inner voices. I’m happy right now, because I’m ready to add another name to my list of uncolonized minds—the thinkers who have most inspired me through their willingess...
tim-haywood's picture
Nov.07.2012
I awakened this morning a citizen of a new era. No longer will people in my state be compelled to marry only those with complimentary plumbing or fake a migraine to score some magic snickerdoodles. But here's the thing, and I do feel badly. Throughout this tumultuous time, I've been a little...
arlene-goldbard's picture
Oct.28.2012
Lately, I’ve been on the road a lot for speaking engagements, the proximate cause of a temporary lapse in my blogging. But I could have squeezed it in somehow: I’ve often spent airport hours blogging or eased my re-entry home with a new essay. Truth be told, this political moment has left me...
geri-spieler's picture
Sep.12.2012
I hadn't planned to volunteer for the Obama campaign. I know I will vote for him, so I decided that was enough. I'm very busy trying to make a living as a freelance writer.  I'm one of the 8.1 percent unemployed that has given up looking for a real job.    The competition is fierce...
mayra-calvani's picture
Sep.12.2012
Please welcome my special guest, Jack L. Brody, author of the latest suspense thriller, The Moroni Deception. I had the opportunity to read it and you can find my review in Blogcritics. In this interview, Brody talks about the history behind the book and how difficult it was to dwell in...
tim-haywood's picture
Sep.10.2012
What are your core beliefs? I know that's a pretty loaded question. Most of us have sort of a "belief pyramid," where our really intense convictions are firmly ingrained up top where the stonework can't get tagged with graffiti or some teenage boy's spent Copenhagen wad. And then down near the...
arlene-goldbard's picture
Jul.30.2012
Have you got it yet? The Surreal Season Headache-and-a-Half? I start to feel my SSHH! when the presidential election campaigns ramps up during the summer before the election, and the pounding doesn’t usually stop till November at the earliest. It’s an overdose of surrealism, plain and simple:...
allan-goldstein's picture
Jan.11.2012
            They’ve barely begun counting the votes and it already looks inevitable.  Mitt Romney, the Republican Republicans love to hate, is going to be the Republican nominee for President.        ...
mayra-calvani's picture
Aug.01.2011
The next presidential election is getting near… and handsome, charismatic Senator Howard Stark wants to become president. There’s only one problem: He’s possessed by Sargatanas, a powerful demon who wants to unleash all evil on earth. To make things worse, Stark’s assistant happens to be a...