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Dec.15.2012
Probably inadvisably --and certainly against my own instincts, given the understandably passionate (and sincere) emotions in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy being published by so many of my Redroom.com and Facebook friends-- I'm publishing on this page a one-time-only reprint (below) of FB...
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Dec.03.2012
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I'm considering founding a combined "outlaw motorcycle club & writers' group," and to offer franchises in cities around the country. Here's our (proposed) "colors"-- of course, with "YOUR CITY HERE" as the bottom "rocker" ...at least, until somebody in your locality antes up the franchise...
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Nov.10.2012
You heard it here first...
Excerpt from the London/UK Telegraph's article on Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role of SpIelberg's movie Lincoln:
"Day-Lewis, 55, spent a year researching the role and took it so seriously that he remained in character throughout filming - even sending text messages...
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Oct.29.2012
Memo to the Secret Service: Well, MOST "Tweets" should be of concern... to all of us. On average, they're either overweeningly narcissistic, or soul-deadeningly dumb.
*** http://cnsnews.com/news/article/secret-service-asks-americans-report-tweets-concern-you
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Oct.26.2012
Agree or disagree with her views, Peggy Noonan is a quietly eloquent wordsmith; she wisely eschews the flaming rhetoric that far too often marks political discourse in these troubled days. As a result, her most recent column is all the more devastating-- and arguably, the most insightful...
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Oct.21.2012
In our blog post here early Saturday morning, before 8 a.m. CDT, that is. (See below "October Surprise" posting.) The Times story came out Saturday evening.
Redroom is now officially the cutting edge of journalism. Really. Tell your friends to join, eh?
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Oct.20.2012
Ah, the wonders of the "October Surprise!"
I'm betting that Monday's "Foreign Policy Debate" will have a whole new focus, with Libya pushed off the front burner. Here's an update on the Art of the Deal: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/10/19/obamas-october-surprise-nuke-deal-with-iran/?...
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Oct.06.2012
With thirty-one days of the madness remaining, The New Yorker weighs in on the "Hair vs. Chair Debate" with a devastating cover design which will delight my conservative friends... but since I have friends with a differing political POV, I felt it only fair to quick-design what I hope is an...
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Sep.07.2012
I've just sent off a freelance piece in which I, upon re-reading, used what has become a cliché in political circles these days: the "difficult decision" to eliminate Bin Laden. The term has fallen into conventional wisdom, as well as interminable use.
But upon reflection, was it a difficult...
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Aug.15.2012
With the London Olympics now just a memory --if, for some of us, a memory of two weeks when every channel except NBC seemed to be broadcasting re-runs-- it's time for an expert analyst and social commentator to explain what just happened.
No human is better qualified for this task than Dave...
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Aug.08.2012
If you're prone to migraines, it's likely advisable that you'll want to tap the "mute" button whenever the current teapot-tempest about politicians' tax returns pops up on your TV screen. But be forewarned: you'll miss a lot of humor, even if much of it is unintended (and roughly comparable to...
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Aug.07.2012
In this Jubilee Year of Queen Elizabeth, a photo that explains why there's NO WAY she's going to retire. Ever.
Among the various captions --some of them decidedly NSFV-- that have been suggested for this photo, currently making its way around the Internet, my favorite remains my own, Olympic-themed...
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Aug.01.2012
Local writers' groups are a pure gold resource to any community. I'm neither an illustrator nor a graphic designer, but I offer this "generic" recruitment poster I sketched-and-stitched to any group considering a recruitment drive-- no copyright or royalties due-- as my own public service....
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Jul.31.2012
I present this exchange as an example of "how (probably) NOT to get accepted into a prestigious writers' group." But it's not me; it's The Disease. Incurable, my physicians tell me...
*** BTW: my repeated, likely annoying, typo of "saloon" for "salon" was NOT intentional, I swear. Based on...
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Jul.31.2012
I'm pondering a letter to my Congressperson to urge a federal grant to clone a love-child that combines the DNA of Amy Sherman-Palladino (writer/creator of the erstwhile "Gilmore Girls" and her current show "Bunheads" --itself a GilGirls clone of sorts) and Aaron Sorkin (writer/creator of the...
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About Earl
Earl Merkel is the author of Fire Of The Prophet (Diversion Books, 2013); Virgins And Martyrs (Five Star 2008, under the name "E L Merkel"; Final Epidemic (PenguinPutnam/NAL), a Barnes and Noble national bestseller re-released in hardcover by Elmtree Press/...
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