Category Archives: parody

Stevieslaw: Havahart

Havahart In addition to his formidable math skills, Cousin Myron’s ability to rapidly read and faithfully remember anything he wishes has led cognitive scientists around the globe to line up to study him. “All this poking and prodding is exhausting,” … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Privatizing Privatization

Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, has had her nose to the grindstone in sniffing out not only today’s news, but tomorrow’s. She reports that the thought keeping the two major Republican think tanks awake at night is the slow pace … Continue reading

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My Voices Article for July/August (stevieslaw)

“The Only Thing—“. The LAGuide to the Art of Winning. Here at Stevieslaw, we have all signed up for a gentle yoga program at the local YMCA. Once a week we try to lose ourselves in the formal stretches and … Continue reading

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Thursdays with John Prine (stevieslaw)

Stevieslaw: Thursday with John Prine While strolling around my garden this morning as a light warm rain came down, who should I run into—way back on the other side of the roses—but my old friend John Prine. We know him … Continue reading

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Newsbriefs you May Have Missed: Bringing the Heat

stevieslwaw Senate Republicans announced today through their spokesperson, Byon Bleef, that the immigration deal will require a little more than a seven hundred mile border fence costing nearly 30 billion dollars, if it is to have bipartisan support in the … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw Book Review: Unleashing Corporate Compassion

In her new book, “Profit of Privatization,”(Fascion Press, $29.95 or company script, 343 pps) the conservative Becky Rishlim writes of a modern utopia in which the tyranny of unions and local and national government has been replaced by the benevolence … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Cousin Myron and the Corned-beef Conspiracy

Cousin Myron and the Corned-beef Conspiracy We all knew that Myron, our fiery red-headed cousin, had met his match in marrying Marsha. Myron had made a fortune using his untutored math skills to bet on the ponies. He had taken … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: As Is- The LAGuide to Your Best Sale Yet.

As Is: The LAGuide to Your Best Sale Yet. Trust me. Here in Central Pennsylvania, there is many a morning in early March so raw that it sends all sensible people back to bed with a hot water bottle and … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Global Warming Gets Personal

Stevieslaw: Global Warming gets Personal Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, practically shredded the main section of our local newspaper, the CDT, this morning—even before she finished her first cup of coffee. “Hold on,” I said, “I haven’t even looked at … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Eye Contact-Voices Column for May

Eye Contact: The LAguide to Becoming a Human. Last Thursday night at a dinner at my Cousin Myron’s house, our Uncle Arthur was using all of his verbal skills to try to convince the assembly that maintaining the minimum wage … Continue reading

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