Category: Commentary
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Colleagues
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Jane and I are working on two writing projects, a new book of essays that go back as far as 30 years ago and a book of short stories on the Holocaust that I have been working on for the past year. I have categorized parts of the essay book which consists…
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Boundaries
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I really don’t want to write again about Glenn Beck fulminating on Fox 5 views. As an old history major and secondary teacher of social studies for several years, I watched him this afternoon –one does not observe Beck, for he is as deep as a wall decal — take…
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Chicago Is
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I decided a few months back to “celebrate” my 70th birthday with my son in Chicago. I have no idea what 70 is except it is vexing, annoying, troublesome and has arrived as predicted on the wings of tempus fugit. I humorously detest even saying the age out loud, as…
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Sometimes I wish…And Then I Take a Nap
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I’m breaking the weak rule I keep for myself, no more than one blog per week. When the unconscious percolates up into awareness and the brewing bubbles burst revealing an idea or feeling to write about, then there’s no stopping that. The heat of the Nevada desert is insufferable; one…