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Feb.14.2011
My Western, II
The Outlaw Josey Wales. Grace, Idaho. Red-tailed hawks. A black eye on a girl hiding behind the corral. A Lady Takes a Chance. Trip-wires for horses. War paint, eye shadow. A Fistful of Dollars. Cow-boy hats reeking of smoke and spoiled pork. Mule deer. Mud Lake, Idaho. ...
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Jan.22.2011
The missus and I had to mail a couple of packages and, having left home a few ticks too late, barely made it to this day's mid-afternoon showing of True Grit. Coming movie trailers go on interminably these days, leaving me wishing desperately for a newsreel and Mel Blanc's voice behind some wacky...
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Dec.29.2010
This is Iran's way of getting back at the Western propaganda using the means employed by the mainstream western entertainment industry. Sakineh Ashtiani may have been hanged to death, not stoned, but now they just might do it - to spite the international pressure. Or they will keep her alive...
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Nov.16.2010
People used to come to Fairplay for the gold. This weekend, at the Lighthouse Writers’ Workshop Retreat, I discovered they still do.
My CRV wagon traversed the same Colorado territory that had been traipsed upon by oxen and burros and horses more than a century ago, hauling splintered wagons with...
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Aug.15.2010
"Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!" sing two Iranian-born brothers. Their band is named Blurred Vision. They have been living in exile, we are told. The word exile is used quite randomly these days. Were they shunted out because they were protesting or did they leave because they...
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Jul.06.2010
As we work tirelessly (it seems) on developing content and new storylines, we recognize that one hallmark of young-adult fiction is illustrations. Recently joining our ranks as Artistic Director, Tad Fox has finished up the first illustration of Barty the Kid. You can check it out here:
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May.09.2010
Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh won't boycott an Israeli award. Emotional distancing is the bane, and boon, of the intellectual community.
It is a bit incongruous to expect writers to spurn awards on political grounds when the business of publishing itself has become a political game. Several...
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Mar.28.2010
Would you like to sell your story to help promote war? Do you believe that troops marching into terrain that has abused women would truly help them?
The CIA plans to use women to market the war.
“Afghan women could serve as ideal messengers in humanizing” the mission for Europe, according to the...
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Dec.19.2009
She is a blonde from Central America. Did she need to be stripped to her waist? As part of an armed gang of robbers, Alejandra Maria Torres could have been arrested. But a mob had gathered, torn off her blouse, poured gasoline over her and lit the match. And stood by to watch. (My apologies for...
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Dec.03.2009
Barack Obama’s plans are those of a man in a hurry to divert attention from issues back home. Clinton did it. Bush did it. He is doing it. The American tax payer will be shelling out $30 million in the first year for something s/he has no clue about. Is this revenge for 9/11? Prevention of another...
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