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Donnie’s Big Parade Adventure
Little Donnie sees a parade What a big day for Little Donnie He will have a parade, too. He will have a children’s parade. Donnie saw a parade. Donnie wants big toys in his parade. Big shiny toys....
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Pack It Up Trump, Time to Get Moving
It’s now time to think about moving Donald. I know I have. No, not only visualizing the sizeable moving vans pulling up to the big white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but another large moving van...
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Lessons From Polio in the Age of COVID
The coronavirus is still on the march. Somehow amidst all the protests filled with wall to wall people, that concern has receded in folks consciousness. We are still far from a vaccine, the only thing...
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Lysol M’Lady’s Personal Disinfectant
Given Lysol’s history, it’s ironic that Lysol was first out of the gate with a strong warning against following our toxic president’s suggestions of using their product for internal disinfection...
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How Supermarkets Changed Us Pt II
If supermarkets are a showcase for the American way of life, the profusion of colorful packages and containers are the glitzy showgirls winking, shouting, and seducing us to select only them. Each...
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All I Want For Hanukkah is a Christmas Tree
As Hanukkah approaches, I share a little secret. Like many American Jews, I secretly covet Christmas. Though taught in the Ten Commandments not to covet thy neighbor’s wife, there was no explicit...
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A Perfectly Happy Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving table is as laden with myths as it is with stuffing and pumpkin pie. Immortalized in countless mid-century illustrations done by some of the country’s most esteemed illustrators,...
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Who Says Trump Doesn’t Love Immigrants?
Donald trump loves immigrants. And he is generously willing to acknowledge the contributions immigrants have made to this great country, that is if they hew to the immigrants portrayal of his youth....
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Guns, Democracy and the American Way
For many Americans a gun represents the heart of our nation’s foundation and identity and symbol of their freedom and democracy but on this cold war creed of American rights, gun ownership was...
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Donalds Great Parade
Little Donnie sees a parade What a big day for Little Donnie He will have a parade, too. He will have a children’s parade. Donnie saw a parade. Donnie wants big toys in his parade. Big shiny toys....
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Hooking Up Advice- A Vintage Valentine’s Day Dilemma
To Canoodle or Not to Canoodle In Post-War America, love was in the air. Along with Valentines Day’s hearts and flowers, came big dates, big dances, and king sized expectations in high schools and...
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Medical Emergency- America’s Health Care
Critical Care As the halls of Congress morph into a Critical Care Unit, the GOP’s prescription “to preserve our freedom” appears to be to pull the plug on Obamacare- STAT! Although some Republicans...
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Crazy For Cuba
Now and Then. Cuba prepares for historic visit to Cuba 2016 Photo: LA Times (R) Life Magazine -The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 2, 1962 U.S. prepares f0r possible historic invasion of Cuba. The deep...
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Mr. Peanut’s Nutty History of the U.S. Presidents
Mr. Peanuts Presents A Historical and Educational Paint Book Presidents of the United States of America. 1950’s It may sound nutty, but everything I first learned about our presidents, I acquired from...
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The Chilling Facts of Income Inequality
Decked out in their luxurious Russian Lynx or Persian lamb fur coats, harsh winter was no problem at all for Depression era well-to-do; figuring out how to pay for the winter fuel was a problem for...
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Snowstorm!
Snowmageddon2016 is here! Massive! Historic! Epic! Blockbuster ! The meteorologist’s hyperbole about the current snow storm Winter Storm Jonas barreling down the East Coast is epic itself. Like many...
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North Korea Nuclear Jitters
The mushroom cloud of the Ivy Mike Hydrogen Bomb Test by US, November 1952 Say It Ain’t So Did North Korea really just conduct a hydrogen bomb test? Despite Kim Jong Un’s boastful declaration that it...
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Something to be Thankful For
Holiday themed advertising has long been popular, and mid-century advertising served up a heap big helping of ads that today we would consider questionable. No Puritans these Pilgrims, they are bravely...
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Drawn to Paris
#JeSuisEnTerrasse One of Paris iconic outdoor cafe – Le Dome in Montparnasse 1950s Photo by Ervin Martin I was a Francophile by the time I was five. Even as a toddler I was drawn to Paris. Literally....
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Where’s the Beef?
When it comes to American exceptionalism, we Americans have long had an exceptionally voracious appetite for red meat, making us the proud leader of the free, meat-eatin’ world. In this land of...
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