Archive for February, 2010
Beach Trace
by Michael Filimowicz
Originally published on February 26, 2010
Originally published on February 26, 2010
“Beach Trace” by Michael Filimowicz – © 2009
No generic doctor for me
by Derek Alger
Originally published on February 23, 2010
Originally published on February 23, 2010
“…I remember debating Dr. Nacht, using my own personal logic to challenge the so-called medical experts. I thought I successfully discovered a loophole, or at least an interesting observation, when the acceptable cholesterol level was lowered from 250 to 200 by the medical authorities,… in one night literally millions of folks went to bed with acceptable cholesterol levels, only to awaken in the morning with high cholesterol levels which needed to be treated.”
Class Action
by Paul Toth
Originally published on February 23, 2010
Originally published on February 23, 2010
…Gilbert did not believe in saints. He believed some people were born with a great capacity to empathize and others with none and others with so much that they were run over like the dog by a mechanism beyond their understanding. God, if there was one, had established the operating principle of the future: Those with the least responsibility would bear the most.
JOY OF AGE
by Lennox Raphael
Originally published on February 22, 2010
Originally published on February 22, 2010
“…Age, I am discovering, is a process of memory rather than actuality, and it is memory that sustains the image of the self and prop up our bones and their cultural positioning, and also takes us thru squalor & innocence down the road of reincarnative fantasies; of course, this is an unfinished piece,…”
Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers, Thomas Fleming, A Review
by Duff Brenna
Originally published on February 10, 2010
Originally published on February 10, 2010
Fleming tells us that contrary to what we might think, Washington’s presidency was no “love feast.” …There were many Anti-Federalists who did not like Washington, fearing he was setting himself up to be a king. Rabble-rousers and ideological fanatics abounded then as they do now, making as much trouble for Washington as possible. He and Martha kept quiet and kept their dignity amid the myriad troubles that fate inflicted upon them.
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