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Archive for October, 2008

What’s Dumb Got to Do With It?

• October 30, 2008 • Comments Off

Posted in Election, History, Politics
Tags: anti-intellectualism, Barack Obama, John McCain, Obama as Muslim, Richard Hofstadter, Sarah Palin, stupidity

Instant Free-Play

• October 27, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Writing, mid-life crisis, theatre
Tags: 10-minute plays, 18: A Year With Footnotes, Bob's Head, Last Refuge, playwriting, productions

…Lives and Lives Only

• October 27, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in History, Politics, Writing
Tags: " Alexander Hamilton, "Not Great Men, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Biographies, capital punishment, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton

Genuine Example of a Socialist Disease

• October 26, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Economics, Election, History, Politics
Tags: Adam Smith, Barack Obama, FDR, Frederick Engels, income tax, John Locke, Karl Marx, social compact, socialism

Two Guys You Might Know

• October 23, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in History, Politics, Science
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Deists, evolution, moral courage, presidents, slavery, Unitarians

This Is Only a Test

• October 20, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in Travel, mid-life crisis
Tags: Alaska, camping, House on the Rock, Taliesin, Wisconsin

Residential Politics

• October 17, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Election, Music, Politics, mid-life crisis
Tags: Barack Obama, Christopher Buckley, concerts, David Letterman, John McCain, presidential debate, presidential election, Residents, Sarah Palin, Stereolab

But in the End, It’s Just Sports

• October 15, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Memories, Sports
Tags: ALCS, Chicago Cubs fans, heartbreak, NLDS, Puritans, Red Sox Nation, Roberto Duran, sports fans

Remembrance of Things Bad

• October 13, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Relationships
Tags: baseball cards, broken engagements, engagement rings, nolan ryan rookie card, the law