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Pit Bulls and Barbecue Pits (newsletter)
Published by Admin on July 22, 2024As I wrote this on Sunday, Joe Biden pulled out, immediately causing the commentariat to suck all the oxygen from the mediasphere. (NPR binged on…
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Published by Admin on April 24, 2024When I published “What Does ‘I support Israel’ Mean” ten days after Hamas assaulted Israel las October, I got some push-back. In fact, two subscribers…
Leave a CommentThe Manichean Candidate (Newsletter)
Published by Admin on July 26, 2023Named after a third-century Persian prophet named Mani, Manicheism is an extreme form of dualistic gnosticism. It is gnostic because it promises salvation through the…
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How the Empire Thinks (Bulletin)
Published by Admin on April 6, 2023Dear Readers, Just a quickie to tide you over while I assemble sources and thoughts for the next newsletter, on the fragility of our stories.…
Leave a CommentWhy the Revolution Will Not Be Televised (newsletter)
Published by Admin on July 9, 2022Thanks to having our offer on a house accepted, June came and went without finding time to emit a newsletter; if you’ve ever gone through…
Leave a CommentMasters of Florid(ian) Political Prose (newsletter)
Published by Admin on June 4, 2021These are tough times for political progressives in that Disneyland of the Mind called the Sunshine State. (Wasn’t “Orange Sunshine” a popular variety of LSD?) Lefties there recently lost a cherished political journalist, but at least an equally acerbic progressive politician remains to entertain them.
Veteran Miami Herald columnist and gonzo novelist Carl Hiaasen’s retirement last March (read his parting shot) left a yawning sinkhole in Florida journalism. For 35 years his columns had the zing of wit and truth like those of his long-time colleague, humorist Dave Barry. Like his op-eds, his two dozen riotous novels—most with two-word titles such as Strip Tease and Skinny Dip—skewered corrupt politicians, greedy land developers, and know-nothing civic boosters, who often received their comeuppance from wild animals.
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