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Dialogue & Discourse

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Aaron Sorkins curiously blunted drama is an autopsy of frustration.

10 min readOct 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

5 min readSep 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

17 min readJan 29, 2022

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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…

3 min readDec 21, 2021

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Where Have I Been?

In which the author emerges from an alcoholic comma…

16 min readDec 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…

8 min readMar 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.

7 min readMar 5, 2021

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

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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

5 min readFeb 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

6 min readFeb 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.

5 min readFeb 11, 2021

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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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