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Nov.26.2012
photo: Movie poster, from its Wikipedia page
A few comments about Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which you should go see:
--I was pleasantly surprised to find myself sitting in the second row from the front for this film. Spielberg film or not, historical films or biopics do not...
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Nov.06.2012
“Thank you for flying.”The silver-haired, Mt. Rushmore-profiled airplane captain walked among the few dozen of us in the SFO departure lounge. It was one week after 9/11. The world was still numb from the horror. After days of no flights at all, planes were starting to move, but...
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Nov.06.2012
Congratulations! In this day and age of social media, bloggers galore and crazy on air radio personalities urging people to vote for Mickey Mouse winning an election isn’t an easy feat and I applaud you. After the champagne goes flat and the confetti is scooped up you have a huge responsibility...
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Oct.03.2012
Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian is about the North American border wars of the 1830s. The Book of War is about the Southern African border wars of the 1850s.
Sir Harry Smith, known in The Book of War as 'the General', the man who was unable to defeat the great Xhosa strategist, Maqoma, was also...
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Feb.16.2012
The current memoir by a middle-aged woman named Mimi Alford about her affair with President John F. Kennedy when she was a 19-year-old White House intern heralds a new genre in the book business, Lover Lit.
Mrs. Alford’s “coming out” reveals her 18-month sexual escapade with President Kennedy...
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Jan.17.2012
January 15, 2012
Written by Alberta Parish
Popular terms like "entitlement mentality", "socialism", and "un-American" have permeated our nation's airwaves. Whenever you turn on your radio or watch your favorite news channel, career race baiters consistently spew terms that are suggestive of not...
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Oct.19.2011
By Gordon Sims, White House Gardener from FLOWERBED OF STATE book #1 in the White House Gardener Mystery Series by Dorothy St. James (Berkley Prime Crime)
Halloween is just around the corner. My assistant Casey Calhoun thought it might be fun if I stopped by and told a ghost story. A true ghost...
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Jul.16.2010
In the Realm of Eden by Robert Emery
Reviewed by Don Bacue
International Features Syndicate
"John Sutton's feet hit the pavement with military precision. In his mind he envisioned a metronome that allowed him to keep perfect pace as he jogged his daily three miles. TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK--...
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Jul.05.2010
I am still fascinated with New York.Definitely the most exciting city in the world.The sights, the subway,Times Square, the cuisine.Some other places I would like to visit are -The White House, Buckingham Palace,Paris,Rome,Kenya,Nigeria,The Great Pyramid at Giza ,Israel and Tibet.
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May.07.2010
The stock markets are crumbling and my son comes home from school opens the fridge to take out a red pepper and proceeds to devour it with feta cheese. I let loose;
''God, don't you know how expensive that red pepper is. That red pepper would go miles in a stew, don't eat the red peppers with feta...
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