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70

If 60 is the new 40, then I’m about to be 50

January 27, 2020 Christopher Burke People, Uncategorized 2 comments

In real life, I’m about to turn 70, or someone who looks a lot like me in the mirror in the morning is about

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Bob Dylan

Time is like a jet plane: Bob Dylan turns 78

May 27, 2019 Christopher Burke Media, People, Uncategorized One comment

Shuffling through my iTunes library recently, I switched to searching Artist by alphabet mode to help me find a song whose name I couldn’t

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immigrants

Getting to know the lives of immigrants

December 8, 2018 Renee Shur Community/Common good, Immigration, People Leave a comment

Seven days a week, at eleven in the morning, Imad Khachan opens the door of his Greenwich Village chess shop. Chess Forum is the

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educated

Educated: A painful, honest memoir of family vs. self

July 19, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, Literature/Arts/Film, People Leave a comment

A simple description of Tara Westover’s “Educated” would be that is a memoir of a childhood and young adult years in a fundamentalist Mormon

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Steve Schmidt

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt renounces GOP membership

June 20, 2018 Renee Shur People, Politics, Protest/Resistance, Republicans, Resignations, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Republican strategist and party loyalist Steve Schmidt’s painful statement today on why he has decided to leave the Republican party is well worth reading

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Bannon

Bannon’s “Great Leader” doesn’t have what it takes

September 15, 2017 Willy Kessler Democracy, People, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Like many of you, I watched Charlie Rose’s Steve Bannon interview on 60 minutes. Lots there to make one sad, lots more to make

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New Secy. of Interior rides into office, literally—on a horse

March 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, People, Republicans, Trump One comment

Newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made a grand entrance on his first day on the job: He rode several blocks through

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Political quotes: “Leaders”

October 7, 2016 Christopher Burke People, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Everything is political. Our long-running series of political quotes proves that–we think. We’re always on the lookout for quotes–contemporary and historical–that are pertinent to

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Political quotes: “To err is human…”

September 21, 2016 Christopher Burke 2016 Election, Humor, People, Politics One comment

  Everything is political. Our long-running series of political quotes proves that–we think. We’re always on the lookout for quotes–contemporary and historical–that are pertinent

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Weiner: Pictures from an exhibition[ist]

June 19, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Democrats, Literature/Arts/Film, People 2 comments

  The political documentary, “Weiner,” will probably make you cringe, but not necessarily for the most obvious reasons. Many people who buy tickets may

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