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Mar.24.2012
 America's 41st President, George Herbert Walker Bush, was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, into a wealthy blueblood family....
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Mar.25.2012
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Mar.26.2012
Malcolm X scared the heck out of white people in the 1960s. He was demonized by whites and blacks alike. Malcolm was a greatly misunderstood...
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Mar.28.2012
J. Edgar Hoover is very much like Joseph McCarthy. He could have done what he did a lot differently, and probably better. He was a demagogue and...
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Mar.30.2012
Another charming gift that the Middle East gave the world occurred on November 4, 1979. Islamic revolutionaries overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran,...
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Apr.01.2012
The Persian Gulf War has an interesting place in world history. It was the first post-Cold War conflict, and demonstrated the new political hegemony...
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Apr.02.2012
"'We're not inflicting pain on these f-----s,' Clinton said, softly at first. 'When people kill us, they should be killed in greater numbers.' Then,...
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Apr.04.2012
With the breakup of the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia split. War ensued in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. As a result, sanctions were levied and...
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Apr.10.2012
The history may not be written yet regarding Bill Clinton's legacy in the Middle East as it pertains to Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, the Israeli-...
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May.29.2010
Left with an ice cold beer He sips Another trail of sweat snakes down his face He sips again Sighs Mops his brow   Left with an ice cold empty...
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Jul.06.2010
Collaborate with me for A second, will you? It’s important we work Together on this. I’m willing to bet you’re dubious, Doubtful even. Am I right?...
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Aug.18.2010
Amid distractions I write nothing The notebook is open The pen is ready I write nothing Instead Some poems are best left Unwritten Unread Amid...
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Aug.28.2010
We’ve travelled this brick Road for generations upon generations. We sleep on straw, Cool in tin cans And wear exotic furs. Little white dogs guide...
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Nov.22.2010
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Dec.19.2010
My pregnant wife and I had a fantabulous photo shoot last night. We had our faces done up and our hair curled and we put on some clothes and stood/...
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Nov.11.2009
A BROKEN OPERATING SYSTEMBy Deborah Rodney The bad news is the global economy is failing. Many of us have lost our savings, our homes and our...
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Aug.30.2009
On August 15, 2009, I started my hiatus from New York City.  I’ve decided to use the word “hiatus” so as to remind myself that come hell or high...
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Sep.27.2011
I am progressive politically, if a label must be told. It must be noted for this story. People were protesting on Wall Street. I know about it...
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Sep.29.2011
Writers usually want to know what you're reading.  I'm not reading these yet -- I still need to read "The Coldest Winer", David Halberstam; "...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.