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Stevieslaw: Scott Pruitt’s Cone of Silence

Stevieslaw: Scott Pruitt’s Cone of Silence Our local newspaper, the CDT, picks up all of its non-sports stories now from News Services, like AP. There is usually one top story and a bunch of stories from the AP bargain rack. … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: The Future of the Net

Stevieslaw: The Future of the Net Here at Stevieslaw, we have been using the net to look for holiday presents for friends and family. We can compare prices and look at costumer reviews. But, when we fast forward to December … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: In Time for Christmas

Stevieslaw: In Time for Christmas Republicans in the House and Senate have been working overtime—some as much as 3 hours a day—to ensure that the new tax plan is approved and signed by Trump by Christmas Day. Republicans have signaled … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: The Scouring of the Shire

Stevieslaw: The Scouring of the Shire You can get a pretty good picture of how it’s going to be by listening to what the people happiest about the shrinking of the national monuments—Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in this case, … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Two Poems

Here are two poems that were also published in the latest issue of  Word Fountain.  And here is a link to the entire issue. https://wordfountain.net/2017/11/03/14-fall-winter-2017/ That Night Steve Deutsch “I’m sure there are good people out there,” he said, as … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Nominated for Pushcart Prize

Many thanks to the editors at Word Fountain for nominating my poem, “The Year we all got Cancer,” for a Pushcart Prize.  Word Fountain, the Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Free Library (Wilkes-Barre, PA) is available in both print and … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Winter is Coming

Stevieslaw: Winter is coming Even with the Flynn confession, we can’t manage much hope at Stevieslaw today. The Republicans got their tax bill through. The reconciliation with the House is bound to make the bill worse and this is just … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Are you Republican?

Stevieslaw: How to tell if you are a Republican Some years ago, I published a piece entitled “Are you Jewish?” in which I provided a simple test—can you slug down a pastrami sandwich on white bread with mayo or butter … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: All You Can Eat—Hy’s Song

For my dad, a man with great

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Stevieslaw: My poem “Agnes was here” is in Ekphrastic Review

Image by Jody Kennedy http://www.ekphrastic.net Agnes Was Here I saw Jay last week. It was late and the streets surrounding the intersection of the BMT with the Church Avenue bus were deserted. He stood humpbacked, sheltering from the snow under … Continue reading

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