“Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today, if we have the wisdom to trust them again.” John Mccain
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Countdown To Synthesis
“Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom of one group of people and deny it to others.” Coretta Scott King
Countdown to Reckoning
“If Ever the Time Should Come, when Vain and Aspiring men shall Possess the Highest seats in Government, our Country will Stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to Prevent its Ruin.” Samuel Adams
The Rise of a Narcissistic Populist Despot: A Face in the Crowd, a Movie Directed by Elia Kazan, 1957; Political Drama
Larry Rhodes (Andy Griffith) is a shiftless drifter. A lay-about. A no-account. He is also one heck of a performer. Man alive can he strum that guitar! He can belt out the Country Blues with conviction too, but it’s the way he spins a story out of thin air, keeping folks hanging on his […]
Lenny; a Serial, Part VIII
The man that sat in front of her reeked of Arimas. And if not for the Arimas, he would have reeked of menthol cigarettes. She smiled at him. Radiantly. Behind his back she called him greaseball. “So, Maggie. Tell me what’s going on with Detroit,” he said. “Not Detroit, Geo. Just Lerner.” He frowned. “But […]
Lenny, a Serial; Part VII
That night, after Lenny got home, he couldn’t sleep. But not for lack of trying. He tossed and turned. He watched TV. He smoked a joint… He did some soldering on the sub-woofer of his surround sound. He vacuumed his fish tank. He got Griffin stoned by blowing smoke in his face and pestered him […]
Thief (1981), a Film Directed by Michael Mann, Staring James Caan; Neo-Noir
I grew up with James Caan, in a manner of speaking; that is to say, I grew up with him the way we all did…while watching his films. I don’t know much about his life other than he was born and reared in the Bronx and that he has a reputation of being a tough […]
Lenny, a Serial; Part VI
Lenny had to play his cards just right so that Trish would allow her Civic to be towed. He wanted them to ride back to town together. “You wouldn’t let them tow your precious Ranchero GT,” she said. And she was right. She hardly said a word to him on the four hour trip. The […]
Lenny: A Serial, Part V
The first thing Lenny did was double check the parking lot. Trish’s white Honda Civic was nowhere in site. From there he drove to the exit and cruised through a convenience store parking lot, the one he knew she filled up at. She wasn’t there either. Then he took the interstate to Carrows where, Wendal, […]
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