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August 24, 2018 Uncategorized

Good riddance to ‘Silent Sam,’ UNC’s toppled Civil War statue. Don’t bring him back.

Stone statues honoring the dead helped draw me to the University of North Carolina. Thomas Wolfe wrote unforgettably of his

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December 20, 2012 Uncategorized

2013? Bring it on. To hell with superstition!

Never mind fiscal cliffs, or the fact that the real danger isn’t a Mayan-style apocalypse but a nuclear one (with

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November 2, 2011 Uncategorized

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You can order a trade paperback of the The Solomon Scandals through re.reads BOOKS south of Alexandria, Virginia, Bridge Street Books in

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October 31, 2011 Uncategorized

Scandalous Halloween ostracism (G-rated animation)

"Jeffrey wasn’t sure why no one would hang around with him anymore. Maybe it was his new deodorant?" – Animals

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October 11, 2011 Uncategorized

Vis-à-vis real life

Bio History-inspired mix of suspense and satire A Jewish novel, too Solomon for real? The actual Telegram? Sen. Ribicoff’s spookish

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June 24, 2011 Uncategorized

Whitey Bulger: The mobster as an avid reader and history buff

“He would fit in well here.” – Chronicle of Higher Education commenter quoting a CNN report on just-captured mobster Whitey

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May 2, 2011 Politicians / Uncategorized

Osama bin Laden’s death is a military triumph, all right—but how secure are we if dumbed-down U.S. high school students think ‘Al’ Qaeda is a person?

Almost to the day, 66 years ago, on April 28, 1045, Mussolini’s enemies shot him and kicked and spat on

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November 11, 2009 Uncategorized

A few words on tech, ‘screening’ and e-text—and Danny Bloom (1949-2032?)

I date back to the Smith Corona days of newspapers, and I can fondly recall a group named something like

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September 12, 2009 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Uncategorized / Washington area life

Subway etiquette and the social order: Are you a Left-Stepper, Right-Stepper or Parker?

Washington, D.C., the main setting of The Solomon Scandals, is like Hollywood or an Army base. It’s a city of

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