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Fear, Loathing, and the Last 40 Years

JEFF NEUMAN Los Angeles (originally posted at Rants and More) In Hunter S. Thompson’s political classic Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, he details the Democratic Party’s (ultimately

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Cockeyed Cynicism of Mawkish Old Women

My dear friend and fellow writer Dan Rudy, gave me a delicious description of his recent experience at the opera: Madame Butterfly! It was absolutely gorgeous! And yet, at the

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The Sneaking Militarisation of Police

MICHAEL J BLAIR Blairgowrie, Scotland Credit: Dave Morris For many years I have watched many public riots take place. Not only here in Britain, but in the USA. One thing that stands out

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In Japan Criminal Execs Kill Themselves, In the US They Get Bailed Out

Reuters reports: A top executive of Japan’s scandal-ridden Olympus Corp has been found dead in a park outside New Delhi, an apparent suicide, The Times of India said on Tuesday, quoting police. Tsutomu Omori, 49, who was head

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A Guy Named Thomas Jefferson

ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles Jefferson helped draft the Declaration of Independence. And now he’s prowling the White House because

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I Live Under Your Wallpaper

DONALD O’DONOVAN Los Angeles (excerpt from O’Donovan’s novel Night Train —  see also DDA’s first blogged novel — Orgasmo) I got

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Mexico’s President Blames Freely Sold US Guns, Doesn’t Mention Fast & Furious

ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles Mexico’s president pleaded to US officials to stop gun trafficking over the border. Here is

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Anorexic UK Religious Programming

MICHAEL J BLAIRPerthshire, ScotlandI had encountered American evangelists in small doses on television here in Britain, on the likes of the

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Duncan, the Great Bear-Slayer & Great American Asshole

ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKELos Angeles This is not Duncan the bear killer, but John Muir, the lover of nature. John Muir

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For the Common Prostitute in Your Life

Salute her, or him, like this,with a significant look: I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature; Not till the sun excludes

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