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Poet, historian (Cornell AB, Columbia PhD), editor, ghost-writer, and speech writer. Nominally retired (formerly UCLA and pre-formerly Purdue).

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March 7, 1965. Bloody Sunday. Selma, Ala. After he was beaten and his skull cracked, John Lewis finished the march before going to the hospital. (this poem was published in December Magazine)

07.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

The most obvious (and they all seem fake to me) I read about elsewhere was from a "publcist" offering to boost sales of an out-of-print book. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

26.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Column | Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones. Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.

Important article. Something you might well be able to do in the cruel world. wapo.st/3ZhkdWf

07.02.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s With That Voice People Use When Reciting Poetry?

Explore

02.02.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Couple Receive $200,000 Settlement After β€˜Pungent’ Indian Food Complaint

So much for understanding anything about anthrol. and then, too, what about tuna sandwiches?

Couple Receive $200,000 Settlement After β€˜Pungent’ Indian Food Complaint

23.01.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/s...

20.01.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86

Before Rosa Parks and not organizationally planned..

14.01.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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He Survived the Invasion. What He Really Wanted Was a Friend.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...

31.10.2025 02:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America

So very important to remember that there are arguments still being made against the equality of all people.

10.09.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After Afghan Quake, Many Male Rescuers Helped Men but Not Women

#Trump wants to summarily execute drug dealers and rename DOD to be the Dept. of War. And this, such sickening hearbreak. What century are we in? #Afghanquake #womenbetrayed

05.09.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for β€˜conspiracy’ over protest against Ice Legal experts say the charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rights

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

02.09.2025 10:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@seattletimes reports federal officers from US Customs & Border Patrol showed up to ask for IDs, order the firefighters not to record the incident, arrest two members of the fire fighting crew.

THIS IS NOT MAKING AMERICA SAFER.

28.08.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says

Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s β€œwords can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

28.08.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 11254 πŸ” 4105 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 163
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Kennedy Center Fires Dance Director After Questions About Programming

"So You Think You Can Dance" as programming model. Gods save us. #KennedyCenter #Dance

23.08.2025 09:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

DT et al. really are like a small child. Testing, what if I touch the new baby? Testing, what if I poke the new baby? Testing, what if I hit the new baby? Testing, what if I throw knives in the crib? What if I raid John Bolton's house? #Trump #Patel #Bolton #Testingtoddler

22.08.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump called Fox & Friends on Tues & gave a new reason for working to end the war in Ukr: "I want to try & get to heaven, if possible. . .I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.” NYT

19.08.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Republican Nancy Mace says she likes to watch videos of Ice detaining people Congresswoman says she β€˜can think of nothing more American’ than Ice dragging people out of court

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

29.07.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. Long may it wave.

28.07.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face β€˜embarrassing’ dismissals

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

28.07.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

"In peace may [he] slumber" You can still download his entire opus [opera] from his website. It's free.

27.07.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth halted weapons for Ukraine despite military analysis that the aid wouldn’t jeopardize U.S. readiness The move blindsided the State Department, Ukraine, European allies and members of Congress, who demanded an explanation from the Pentagon.

"The DOD held up a shipment of US weapons for Ukraine this week over what officials said were concerns about its low stockpiles. But an analysis by senior military officers found the aid package would not jeopardize the US military’s own ammunition supplies ... it was a unilateral step by Hegseth."

04.07.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 3487 πŸ” 1531 πŸ’¬ 429 πŸ“Œ 175
Lisa Murkowski looking like she has just been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Lisa Murkowski looking like she has just been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Never vote for a bill that causes you to look like this afterwards:

01.07.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 30
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Not that anyone cares, but now that JD Vance has cast the tiebreaking vote for $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, I'm reupping these Vance quotes from 2017, in which he flatly declared that Medicaid cuts like these betray Trumpism's promises to the working class:

newrepublic.com/article/1954...

01.07.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 1894 πŸ” 939 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 49
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JUST A REMINDERβ€¦πŸ‘‡

Enjoy. 😎✨

01.07.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 247 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Lots of TV drama: Will GOP Senate holdouts cave in?

(Spoiler: Duh.)

Murkowski just showed the way, with her sweetheart tax and Medicaid carve-outs only for Alaska. Everything about this bill reeks.

29.06.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 1039 πŸ” 235 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 16
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Day of mourning: Biden pays respects, thousands pass through Capitol in honor of Hortmans Melissa Hortman was the first woman to lie in state in Minnesota.

What a real president does. www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...

28.06.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank God that's over...

22.06.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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MSN

www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

16.06.2025 23:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The EU? Did the President of the United States miss the whole Brexit thing?

16.06.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 669 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 5