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Sep.01.2011
When I was a kid, I used to sneak into my parents’ room and steal whatever book was on the nightstand on my mom’s side of the bed. I tried Anaïs Nin, I tried The Bell Jar, I even tried The Happy Hooker and, alas, none of them could hold my attention. And then one day I found Erica Jong’s Fear of...
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May.01.2009
“First of all, let me say just three words. I’m bloody mad.” I want to present, as Jack Webb used to say on Dragnet, “Just The Facts Ma’am. Just The Facts” That is what I will present.
Have you ever noticed that there are two sides to a coin? Why is it that we only hear one side by the media? And...
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Jul.31.2008
In the middle of the last century, stories were told of poets in the then USSR commanding audiences of tens of thousands for readings. America was astounded. Poetry? Not rock and roll? Granted, the Soviet Union backed those poets and rock stars were, of course, not allowed to tour...
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Jun.16.2008
I tried to watch the Sunday morning news shows with their heavy compliment of politicians gasbagging about the week. But, even though people had already been talking about it everywhere for 24 hours, I kept being magnetically, instinctively, inexorably sucked back to NBC's hour-long "Meet...
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Jun.01.2008
I know. Before you even start: it should say, "The Media Are Back". But grammar sometimes gets in the way of a skippier headline. Like that zippy example in the Contra Costa Times awhile ago:
UNREADY SOONQUIT COLLEGE
For some time, many of us in "traditional" journalism have...
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