Monthly Archives: April 2015

Baltimore: “Civil Rights” Protesters

See here for more great photos of the Baltimore ‘demonstrators’; Jesse Jackson; Elijah Cummings; Bloods, Crips n’ Nation of Islam; and other Circus chararacters.

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The Soul of the Marionette

From a review of John Gray’s new book The Soul of the Marionette: In The Soul of the Marionette, however, Gray makes a profound observation when he points out that at present the faith most educated people hold to, especially … Continue reading

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Richard Corliss

Richard Corliss, one of Time’s two major film critics (the other being the incomparable Richard Schickel), has died at the age of 71. For TIME, he was an indestructible, inexhaustible resource. He wrote some 2,500 reviews and other articles for … Continue reading

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2015 World Happiness Report

A huge study of happiness (aka senses of subjective well-being) has evaluated all the countries in the world: The 2015 World Happiness Report is the third of its kind and is edited by a team of renowned academics and analysts … Continue reading

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JYT: 4/24/2015

Another day, another NYT Obituaries section & another Theater section: All the (obituaries) news that’s fit to print!

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The Armenian Genocide vs. The Holocaust™

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of Christian minorities by a sultanate Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey.) When I was a freshman in college, I had a floor-mate in my dorm named Don, who was an … Continue reading

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Pew: Gun Rights Tops Gun Control in Major Public Opinion Shift

Sometimes, The Organizer overplays his hand. Regarding a recent Pew poll: Exactly two years after President Obama’s bid for gun control following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting died in Congress, a new poll has discovered a huge shift in … Continue reading

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Rubio’s Sugar Daddy

From a Politico piece on Rubio’s Sugar Daddy: Marco Rubio’s campaign is premised on the idea that he’s the candidate best suited to bridge the divide between conservatives and the GOP establishment — if he can stay in the race … Continue reading

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Junior Brown & Hank Thompson – Gotta Sell Them Chickens (1997)

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Cranston Reading McCarthy

From the ABQ Journal is a piece regarding Bryan Cranston (one of the best actors of his generation) reading from Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian (one of the best novels of the 20th century by one of the best living novelists): … Continue reading

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