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Happy
7-year-old St. Louisan Xavier Usanga was shot to death on August 12 while playing in his backyard. He was the tenth African American child to die from a gunshot since April. It is fairly easy to pick up a newspaper … Continue reading
Corny
I was sitting in a sub sandwich shop (not Subway), and the ubiquitous flat TV screen was there. I bit into my sandwich and looked up at the screen: ESPN. Was the show football? Baseball? Soccer (I love soccer)? WNBA? … Continue reading
Still, Life
Early morning, the sun half asleep, the breeze strong and cool. I walk ten miles, wind-aided, past Admire’s bench and across Piasa Creek. Carol Admire was killed when, a couple of years ago, a drunk driver hit her bicycle along … Continue reading
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Watchers
It sits silently on a two-foot-high tree stump, its long-muzzled head pivoting left and right. I hike over the hilltop and there it is, staring at me, and since he is a young herder dog, I am leery of … Continue reading
Village News
Godfray Village News Dear Mr. Baldwin, As you know, the Village of Godfray has passed the Godfray United Neighbors Nervous Unless Toting (GUNNUT) ordinance. Every Godfray citizen of voting age is hereby ordered to keep firearms in the home. As … Continue reading
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Aztecs
In the summer of 1990, I interviewed Dr. John Gofman at a conference at Northwestern University. Gofman, PhD and MD, was speaking about the medical effects of radiation. He had manufactured the first teaspoonful of plutonium for the Manhattan Project, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aztecs, Cortes, Dr. John Gofman, Huitzilopochtli, Mars
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Sunday Morning Coming Down
On my morning Genehouse walk, I was riled enough to not see a thing—just plowed ahead ignoring the sights and sounds. I did note on Stroke Hill that the cicadas were deafening. About six miles in, I called my friend … Continue reading
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Tagged Dayton, El Paso, gun violence, John Paul Stevens, myths, Trump
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Bread
“My mother used to bake bread in the hard times. She would put the warm loaves in a short barrel with a tight lid—to keep the ants away. So this one time, barrel or no barrel, them ants was on … Continue reading
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July 4 Address to the Nation
From our fearless, feckless, fuckless president Donald J. Trump: “In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the great George Washington, commander in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornwallis, Geroge Washington, President Trump, satire, Star Spangled Banner
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