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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH RIGHT-WING ALEXA.

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      —Hey, Right-Wing Alexa.       —Yes, Rusty? ­      —What is Anderson Cooper’s status right now?       —Flummoxed.      ...
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Thursday, March 14, 2019

IN THE TWILIGHT, IN THE TWILIGHT CORRUPTED BY INDIFFERENT LUMENS

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We took all the wrong turns but found our way. If you want to call it parking, we parked. The upended trash can, the right front t...
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Friday, March 1, 2019

NOT JUST THE ALOOF BILLIONAIRE AMERICAN SPORTS OWNER, AND NOT JUST THE OVERPRICED AMERICAN ATHLETE, BUT THE UNCLEAR ROLE OF THE AMERICAN COACH: COMPLAINT.

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Here come the American Sportsmen? Great! They will pay Bryce Harper $300 million? Great! Has Bryce won a World Series? No? Great!...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

BEER AS BOUTIQUE GOODS + THE AMERICAN IPA APPARATUS + PASTRY STOUT: COMPLAINT(S).

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  “By order of the Peaky F — — in ’  Blinders!” Whatever happened to that urban fantasy of sitting in the pub’s window, quite forlo...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

DREADFUL POEMS CONTINUE TO APPEAR IN BIG MAGAZINES: COMPLAINT.

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A few years ago, we took a critical look at James Richardson’s poem, “Essay on Wood,” that had appeared in the The New Yorker . We did...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

HIGHER EDUCATION FAILS TO RECOGNIZE ITS OWN DESPAIR: COMPLAINT.

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You may recall Søren  Kierkegaard writing as his “second-self” Anti-Climacus in the existential study, The Sickness unto Death . Anti-...
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Monday, February 25, 2019

THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT LOOK MIGHTY WEAK: COMPLAINT.

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It’s 2001. The jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan has passed away. A radio station is interviewing a friend of his. He tells a story. In the...
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