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Cursing the Darkness
"Better than Cursing" - a self-portrait from sometime back in the 1980s, when I was experimenting with my first SLR camera. “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” Around this...
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Saying Goodbye to Santa Claus
Spoiler Alert: Santa’s “Big Secret” revealed in this blog entry. Exhibit One: Me with Santa Claus at home in the 1960s, proof positive that he exists. Now that Santa has flown in, tucked gifts under...
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American Anger, Part One
Preface: This is Part One of what I hope will be an ongoing, potentially year-long exploration of this subject. The topic seems well-suited to the “blog” format, serving more as a catalyst for...
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The Protestant Work-Study Ethic
Recently, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been getting a lot of attention—and a standing ovation at a recent debate in South Carolina—for his insistence that students in low-income...
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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire, Hang Them Up on a Telephone Wire
"2 Men Looking On" from the "Perched" series by artist Jodi Chamberlain. Her multimedia work can be found at http://www.jodichamberlain.com (just click on the painting). Copyright by Jodi Chamberlain;...
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Callings
Hugh Jr. and Hugh Sr. outside Gillette Stadium, one of the last photos taken of my dad “You missed your calling.” Fathers say perplexing things sometimes, and Fathers’ Day seems like as good a day as...
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Signal and Noise: A Response to the Newtown Tragedy
As the nation continues to reel from the news and aftershock of yet another mass shooting, many of us are wrestling with our own thoughts and emotions. We review the facts and details as they become...
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