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When Nixon Went After PBS…
…Mr. Rogers was there to make the case for public broadcasting. Who will be Mr. Rogers for us now? (I mean that seriously.)
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Boskone
Haven’t been in at least five or six years, but I’m going to zoom down to Boston tomorrow and catch up with some old friends at Boskone. See you there…
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‘Supposed’ Being the Key Word
Some interesting words from Albert Einstein, encountered in the course of research: “In our time the military mentality . . . leads, by necessity, to preventive war. The general insecurity that goes hand in hand with this results in the sacrifice of the citizen’s civil rights to the supposed welfare of the state.” That’s from…
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A Funny Comment on an Idiotic Comment
Brian Keene reports: What isn’t being reported is the real reason why Borders (and others) are in such bad shape. For example: “I wrote much of my first novel at Border’s in Roseville, CA. Then it closed. So I went to the other Border’s across town. Then I moved to L.A. and began going to…
Crooked House Fictions 