First, who was Swifty Lazar? It’s one of those names that has been embedded in my consciousness seemingly without antecedent. So, this morning, when–while following a thread from Improprieties–I happened upon a young fellow named Irwin..
Topics: Creative Arts, exaflood, Miscellaneous, Networks, People

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Topics: Ben Felten, Hep jive, Music

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Received the following email this morning. I’m insulted. Selling a slim chance at (fake) access to Democratic big-wigs is bad, but hiring Ron Popeil to write the ad copy just takes the cake. Frank–Picture it. You and your guest are sitting at.
Topics: Class Warfare, Politics

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Yes we are! We are number thirty-seven in the World Health Organization’s last published ranking of quality of health care by country. And we are proud of it! We did, after all, beat out Cuba (39), Mexico (61), and Bangladesh (88). Rwanda, Chad,...
Topics: Global Concern, Medical Advice, Public Services

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Bottleneck Bonnie…
Topics: Creative Arts, Music

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