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Robert Young, RIP

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On March 4, 2024
Before too much time passes here, I want to mention the death of the great filmmaker Robert Young. He was not that widely known, though a far more interesting and talented and useful director than, oh say Terry Gilliam or Tim Burton or Ron Howard...
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Wayne Kramer, RIP

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On February 2, 2024
Big loss here. MC5 is one of the seminal bands of rock and roll history. Kramer was a great guitarist. Kramer and the rest of the band had great politics too. They did however run up against the reality that junkies are politically useless, so...
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Rosalynn Carter, RIP

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On November 19, 2023
I may be very critical of Jimmy Carter's presidency, but there's no question that he had one of the great marriages and political partnerships of all time. People forget just how involved she was with his career; much like Barbara Bush, she sort of feinted...
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A Note on Bill Richardson

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On September 3, 2023
The world is mourning Bill Richardson I guess, and I am not questioning his skill at difficult diplomacy. I understand why that is the focus. But I lived in New Mexico during his governorship and I have to say that the guy was, on a...

Joe the Plumber

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On August 28, 2023

Ah yes, this fucking guy Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who briefly became “Joe the Plumber,” the metaphorical American middle-class Everyman, by injecting himself into the 2008 presidential campaign in an impromptu.

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