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Dialogue & Discourse

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Aaron Sorkins curiously blunted drama is an autopsy of frustration.

Oct 23, 2020

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Oct 23, 2020

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An Injustice!

The Lost Cause and the Birth of America’s Own Brand of Doublethink

Racism and slavery were the training wheel lies for todays schizo-frenetic Right wing

Sep 22, 2020

Sep 22, 2020

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Fanfare

‘The Lord of the Rings’ is Not Quite the Adaptation You Thought it Was…

If you liked the movie trilogy, there’s more — so much more — waiting for you in the books

Jan 29, 2022

‘The Lord of the Rings’ is Not Quite the Adaptation You Thought it Was…

Jan 29, 2022

Joe Manchin, Turducken.

Dear Senator Joe, Victorian England wants their pietist class structure back, the clergy (old testament and new) want you to know that…

Dec 21, 2021

Joe Manchin, Turducken.

Dec 21, 2021

Where Have I Been?

In which the author emerges from an alcoholic comma…

Dec 10, 2021

Where Have I Been?

Dec 10, 2021

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Cultured

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

A subtle moral bait and switch occurs in un-necessary additions to August Wilson’s play…

Mar 13, 2021

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Mar 13, 2021

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Lessons from History

Wear The Mask Long Enough, And The Face Grows to Fit It.

Habits, duplicity and orthodoxy oppose identity politics.

Mar 5, 2021

Wear The Mask Long Enough, And The Face Grows to Fit It.

Mar 5, 2021

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An Injustice!

Doing the Same Thing, Expecting a Different Result

The insanity of embracing inequality, in the argument against a living wage

Feb 19, 2021

Doing the Same Thing, Expecting a Different Result

Feb 19, 2021

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Lessons from History

Representation Versus Delegation

Sometimes, the power the Representative holds is the power to push back on the electorate

Feb 18, 2021

Representation Versus Delegation

Feb 18, 2021

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ILLUMINATION

The Dig Unearths Some Treasure.

But it is unsure of which direction it wants to go and what kind of film it wants to be.

Feb 11, 2021

The Dig Unearths Some Treasure.

Feb 11, 2021

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An Injustice!

The Accidental Koans

Searching for logic behind the illogical

Feb 9, 2021

The Accidental Koans

Feb 9, 2021

One Week In And Biden Has Already Failed.

At least, that’s the purported take away after reading a lot of… well… malarky

Jan 27, 2021

One Week In And Biden Has Already Failed.

Jan 27, 2021

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An Injustice!

American Pogrom

The first question is ‘what to call it?’ The second question is ‘why is the first question so difficult?’

Jan 25, 2021

American Pogrom

Jan 25, 2021

Evicted, On the Edge of Homelessness.

The return of Tom Joad

Jan 24, 2021

Evicted, On the Edge of Homelessness.

Jan 24, 2021

What Do We Call It?

Was it a coup? An insurrection? Sedition? A lark? Some suggestions.

Jan 10, 2021

What Do We Call It?

Jan 10, 2021

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ILLUMINATION

Rageaholics Anonymous

The party of contempt and spite has itself a rampage.

Jan 10, 2021

Rageaholics Anonymous

Jan 10, 2021

What if cheerleading for Trump is just an effort to stave off a great shame?

The human part of being lied to.

Dec 14, 2020

What if cheerleading for Trump is just an effort to stave off a great shame?

Dec 14, 2020

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Lessons from History

Originalism and The Other Founding Fathers.

Two speeches that refute the simplemindedness that is originalism

Dec 9, 2020

Originalism and The Other Founding Fathers.

Dec 9, 2020

Dear Medium…

Some ideas for making the writing and the experience even better.

Dec 1, 2020

Dear Medium…

Dec 1, 2020

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Curated Newsletters

A Quixotic Stalemate of Their Own Devising.

Cervantes in America.

Dec 1, 2020

A Quixotic Stalemate of Their Own Devising.

Dec 1, 2020

Petr Swedock

Petr Swedock

An unwieldy mix of the sacred and the profane, uneasily co-existing in an ever more fragile shell. Celebrating no-shave Nov since Sept 1989.

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