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Two Faces of the American Dream

By amike on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 4:10pm |
I'm writing this without access to preview.  Apologies in advance for links which don't work,  typos, grammar glitches, etc. etc. Yesterday Bluebird asked a very interesting question in response to a post I created.  "When did choosing the lesser...
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The Lesser Evil is still the Lesser. Is that so evil?

By amike on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 5:24pm |
Short and sweet, or maybe just short.  A recommendation of a book by the novelist,  Sinclair Lewis--some of you may have heard of him, or even been forced to read a novel or two of his--too bad it took forcing,...
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Memorial Day and the Gaza Incident: A Meditation.

By amike on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 12:05pm |
Memorial Day has been problematic for me for a very long time.  When I was a teenager, a quartet of jet fighters performed stunts over the cemeteries of Minneapolis, which I thought a bit strange--I thought it stranger when two...
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One can't have too many coffee houses.

By amike on Sat, 03/27/2010 - 2:28pm |
It's early days yet,  but I've found another place which  in which it is going to be fun to hang out.  No, not instead of but in addition to.  It's called Coffee Party USACOFFEE PARTY MISSION STATEMENT: The Coffee Party...
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Know Demos? No, the Other One. Try it, you might like it.

By amike on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 11:26pm |
Two websites named Demos--one in the U.S. the other in the U.K.  Almost like two countries separated by a common language as you-know-who said.  I visit them both  on occasion, and spent some time at the U.K. version today.  I've...
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Click through to Chris Hedges, if you will

By amike on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 12:52pm |
I spend less time blogging here than I once did, though I remain a pretty faithful reader.  It may be cyclical--when time expands, so does blogging time, after all.  But it may be symptomatic of a recurring unease I feel,...
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My Many First Times

By amike on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 6:30pm |
Does one's political virginity grow back? I've had a first time about once a decade since the last 1950s. Hubert Humphrey spoke at my high school in Minneapolis and started the process of weaning me away from family politics. I...
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Small things considered--with thanks

By amike on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 12:25pm |
There are times I despair of American popular culture--both  for what it is and that it wears the name American.  I support it, unwillingly, because I chat on the internet.  Here's what I'm supposed to consider of note this morning:Star...
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Nobel Peace Prize To Obama: A nice way to greet the day

By amike on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 10:10am |
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee...
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Great Resource--horrific topic

By amike on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 2:44pm |
I'm in the mini-Apple, attending my 50th high school graduation reunion, which, if nothing else, will confirm that the old guy I see in the mirror is as real as the young guy looking from behind the eyeballs at him.I...

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