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Red States, Blue States, and Purple Mountain Majesty
Posted: Oct 27, 2008 12:10 PM
Updated:Nov 13, 2008 02:31 PM
I screamed in horror when they read the verdict in the trial of O.J. Simpson.
I had been glued to the television for weeks, transfixed by what the spectacle seemed to be revealing about our nation. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. You knew it was coming. You knew it was tragic. But there wasn’t anything you could do to stop it.
I had to get out of the house, away from that damn TV set. To the grocery store. As I waited for my receipt, I listened to a few black girls talking in a dialect I’d always made a point of ignoring. They were gleeful about the verdict.
Gleeful? The trial had become one of the defining moments for race relations in this country. Why? The trial was never supposed to be about race. How could blacks in numbers wildly . . .
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Clinton's takes questions at a cafe in Portsmouth, N.H. January 7, 2008
Jan 12, 2008 09:52 PM
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Red States, Blue States, and Purple Mountain Majesty
Posted: Oct 04, 2008 08:07 PM
Updated:Nov 11, 2008 08:37 PM
“Change,” in the Washington two-party culture, means but one thing: taking turns.
The cynicism and anger that Americans often have toward their government is generally the only product of this kind of change.
Barack Obama, to his credit, rose to prominence speaking of a “third way,” renouncing the . . .
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“Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.”
~ Mark Twain
Interests:
Squash keeps me in constant pain.
Yoga relieves the pain so I can play more squash.
I'm an experimental philosopher, psychologist, and sociologist.
Political junkie. Duh?
Movies / TV:
This Is Spinal Tap,
I'm Not There,
Anything with Will Ferrell,,
But mostly, I go for weighty, thought-provoking films.
Music:
Bob Dylan,
The Beatles,
Bruce Springsteen (his pre-communist work),
U2,
Van Morrison,
Frank Sinatra,
and Sirius Satellite Radio picks my new stuff.
Books:
I find these fascinating. I can sit and think about reading one all day.
. . . but seriously, I love Tom Wolfe and John Irving--even if they hate one another.
I tend toward nonfiction, perhaps creative nonfiction. Memoirs, self-improvement, and spiritual or religious writings.
Clinton's takes questions at a cafe in Portsmouth, N.H. January 7, 2008
Jan 12, 2008 09:52 PM
Nov 19, 2007 10:48 AM
I remember the autumns of my youth in upstate New York—mostly for the colorful leaves. One leaf, in particular, comes to mind. It was the . . .
Jun 24, 2007 06:51 PM
Confounded conservatives who have wondered why it has taken President Bush so long to find his ballast with regard to immigration may consider that immigration, . . .
Apr 09, 2008 10:58 AM
During my senior year in high school, I took a mini-course in marriage. (I also took one in bowling, but I’m not yet sure that . . .
Jan 23, 2008 03:09 PM
Did you ever wonder why Buckwheat was one of the Little Rascals? Was it emblematic of the racial animus of the 1930’s? Or was it . . .
Mar 16, 2008 09:29 AM
I don’t know how anyone can be disinterested in politics at this point in time. Sure, conservatives can only be gleeful over the self-flagellation taking . . .
