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The Re-emergence of ‘Great Powers’: Understanding the New World

‘Among its rivals – China, India, Germany and Japan – the United States no longer figures as a superpower.  With the worst infrastructure in the advanced world, a disappearing middle…Read MoreThe...

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Selling Doubt to the Certain

Caught in flagrante delicto, a Richard Pryor character challenged his wife, ‘Who you gonna believe — me or your lying eyes?’ Whether it’s on the health effects of tobacco, coal…Read MoreSelling Doubt...

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The African Slave Trade of Old & Us Today

Publisher’s Note: The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut observed a ‘day of awareness’ of the Anglican Church’s complicity in and profit from the African slave trade.  This homily by my friend…Read...

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Steer Roping in Arizona: New Photo Gallery on TheBell.us

I could tell of our trip to watch team steer roping at the Tom Cox Arena in Mayer, Arizona, as a ‘shaggy dog’ story.  And I shall.  But it’s a…Read MoreSteer Roping in Arizona: New Photo Gallery on...

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Pistol Pete Reiser’s Dings: A Story for Today.

In Nice Guys Finish Last (1975), Leo Durocher wrote: ‘There will never be a ballplayer as good as Willie Mays, but Reiser was every bit as good, and he might…Read MorePistol Pete Reiser’s Dings: A...

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Let Us Now Praise Imelda Staunton: ‘Gypsy’&‘Vera Drake’

London’s Savoy Theatre will always be associated with the musical comedies of Gilbert & Sullivan which built it. Their topsy-turvy had to be transporting because the Savoy’s seats were...

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The Century Inn Burns Down

Last week, fire gutted the Century Inn in Scenery Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Built between 1788 and 1794, it was still serving great country cooking three years ago when I…Read MoreThe...

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Amos Fortune (1710-1801): An American Life

Two black slate headstones (pictured below) in the Jaffrey, NH, Old Burying Ground look from a distance just like others from the turn of the 19th century. But below the conventional…Read MoreAmos...

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MASH: The Book

Because there’s so much fresh in print and pixels, I don’t reread books. MASH (1968) is now one of the exceptions to my rule. I laughed out loud when I…Read MoreMASH: The Book

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Cassius Marcellus Clay & Violence at Political Rallies

Violence at political rallies?  Creating apparent threats?  Very old stuff. I happened to read the other night descriptions of some rallies when the violence was real.  In one, a Republican…Read...

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The Re-emergence of ‘Great Powers’: Understanding the New World

‘Among its rivals – China, India, Germany and Japan – the United States no longer figures as a superpower.  With the worst infrastructure in the advanced world, a disappearing middle…Read MoreThe...

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Selling Doubt to the Certain

Caught in flagrante delicto, a Richard Pryor character challenged his wife, ‘Who you gonna believe — me or your lying eyes?’ Whether it’s on the health effects of tobacco, coal…Read MoreSelling Doubt...

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The African Slave Trade of Old & Us Today

Publisher’s Note: The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut observed a ‘day of awareness’ of the Anglican Church’s complicity in and profit from the African slave trade.  This homily by my friend…Read...

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Steer Roping in Arizona: New Photo Gallery on TheBell.us

I could tell of our trip to watch team steer roping at the Tom Cox Arena in Mayer, Arizona, as a ‘shaggy dog’ story.  And I shall.  But it’s a…Read MoreSteer Roping in Arizona: New Photo Gallery on...

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Pistol Pete Reiser’s Dings: A Story for Today.

In Nice Guys Finish Last (1975), Leo Durocher wrote: ‘There will never be a ballplayer as good as Willie Mays, but Reiser was every bit as good, and he might…Read MorePistol Pete Reiser’s Dings: A...

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Let Us Now Praise Imelda Staunton: ‘Gypsy’&‘Vera Drake’

London’s Savoy Theatre will always be associated with the musical comedies of Gilbert & Sullivan which built it. Their topsy-turvy had to be transporting because the Savoy’s seats were...

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The Century Inn Burns Down

Last week, fire gutted the Century Inn in Scenery Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Built between 1788 and 1794, it was still serving great country cooking three years ago when I…Read MoreThe...

View Article


Amos Fortune (1710-1801): An American Life

Two black slate headstones (pictured below) in the Jaffrey, NH, Old Burying Ground look from a distance just like others from the turn of the 19th century. But below the conventional…Read MoreAmos...

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MASH: The Book

Because there’s so much fresh in print and pixels, I don’t reread books. MASH (1968) is now one of the exceptions to my rule. I laughed out loud when I…Read MoreMASH: The Book

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Cassius Marcellus Clay & Violence at Political Rallies

Violence at political rallies?  Creating apparent threats?  Very old stuff. I happened to read the other night descriptions of some rallies when the violence was real.  In one, a Republican…Read...

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