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Erroneous Facts Corrode Trust
A simple example often illustrates a greater truth. I waited over a month to receive The Library Book from my local library. I’ve enjoyed author Susan Orlean in The New Yorker, and the buzz swirling about her latest book made … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged Los Angeles Public Library, narrative non-fiction, Susan Orlean, The Library Book
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Reconsidering Righteousness
In Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain writes, “most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous.” This implies that we go through the storm and come into the light. Though I agree that the self-righteous are intolerable, … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Taxes
April 15 is a remarkable day. We the People will file over 140 million tax returns and fork over $1.8 trillion dollars to support our government. Almost all of us complain about paying taxes. Almost all of us disagree with … Continue reading
First Kiss Girl / First Kiss Boy
I woke this morning to the memories of first kiss; a rather pleasant way to greet the day. My first real kiss arrived unexpectedly in 1971. My family had recently moved to Oklahoma; I was invited to a party … Continue reading
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
If you take everything we know about good television and do the exact opposite, the result is Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Low resolution, cheap sets, slow pacing. Same holds for the recent documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, similarly slow moving … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged Fred Rogers, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, self-esteem, Whitney Houston
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
The longer I live, the less I understand religion. I don’t understand why humans crave order and answers so much that we proclaim as truths what are, at best, idealized fables; why we hate our fellow man and why we … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Uncategorized
Tagged Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
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If You’re Going to Steal our Title, at Least Give Us the Bucks
According to Work + Money Magazine, six of the ten highest paid jobs of 2017 have one thing in common. That’s in addition to the fact that they are male-dominated techie-jobs with elusive descriptions that didn’t exist a generation ago. … Continue reading
Behind the Pane of Empty Storefronts
Are you a Cambridge resident? Go online and vote for your favorite empty storefront art by March 8, 2019. __________ What do Americans buy with our affluence? Privacy. Single-family houses in gated communities, automobiles for every driver in the family, … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged ART, Cambridge MA, City of Cambridge, retail, street art, vacant storefronts
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Thanks to the Academy…
This Sunday night, the Oscars will be broadcast across America, across the World. The Academy Awards are our cultural State of the Union. The annual pulchritude parade reflects our social and aesthetic coherence—and dissonance—by applauding achievement in that squiggly gap … Continue reading
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