Wednesday, October 31, 2018

A Divertimento

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The Velvet Underground Through the Lens of ’60s New York

Worth Reading

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The Electronic Committee of Public Safety Once fired and humiliated, the person is erased for a time from our revolutionary memories (we s...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Part-Time Job Opportunity

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I'm not sure why I was sent this, but please don't share it on social media.  It might make people cynical about American politics...

He has a Valid Point [as Overheard While Accidentally Listening to PBS]

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Comedian Dave Chappelle to Christiane Amanpour: Trump gets “too much credit” for defining the era. “He’s not making the wave. He’s surfing i...
Monday, October 29, 2018

A Hunger for High-Fat Food Means Winter is Coming

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Lancashire Butter Pie: The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

It's Come to This, Has It?

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Four Things You Can Do Right Now to Harden Your Place of Worship Against a Shooter
Sunday, October 28, 2018

The Times, They Are A-Changin'

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BBC: The young black Americans backing Trump I'm not making a political point, just noting a sociological shift in process.

Sotto Voce, One Hears This from Professionals

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The Unspoken Homophobia Propelling the Transgender Movement in Children

Actually, This is Kind of a Problem

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Matthew Shepard Is the World's Most Famous Gay Hate Crime Victim. But Was He Really Killed for Being Gay?
Saturday, October 27, 2018

A Pungent Observation

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I've been trying to stay out of the political sphere as it is making me increasingly cynical, and that is not a good perspective on the ...

The Coracle's Saturday Literary Corner

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God Bless You, Frank Miller A Friday profile of Frank Miller was offered by The Coracle a few years ago.
Friday, October 26, 2018

So Long, Swamp King

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From outlaw country to the Allman Brothers to Lynyrd Skynyrd to about half of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's catalog, whenever blues, ...

Waldo Peirce

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Originally published on January 25, 2013 "I'm a painter, not an artist". I always wanted to write a biography of Wald...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Archaeological News

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Discovery of Ancient Spearpoints in Texas Has Some Archaeologists Questioning the History of Early Americas
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

BOLO

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Giant inflatable colon stolen in Kansas City

Useful Information

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HANDY HINT 25: If you stir coconut oil in to kale, it makes it easier to scrape in to the bin. pic.twitter.com/NPYkW3J4jv — Handy hints (...
Monday, October 22, 2018

The Erosion of American Liberty

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CDC warns against dressing up pet chickens for Halloween

Quotation of the Day

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"A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is 'merely relative', is asking you not to believe him. So don...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

Ghost Legions

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Consider these staggering statistics. Prime-age American men in employment spend 2,200 hours a year in work and work-related activity; empl...

Every Word

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The Cherokee Nation is not buying it, denouncing Senator Warren’s extraordinarily tenuous claim to native ancestry as “a mockery,” “dishono...