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Stevieslaw: Surveying the Landscape

Cousin Myron, the fiery red-headed math whizz, was fuming. “It’s blackmail,” he sputtered. “You don’t want to get your doctor, lawyer or baby-sitter in trouble, so you fill out their stupid survey.” “And that, of course, proves to everyone that … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: The Long, Hard Road to Kindergarten

Stevieslaw: The long, hard road to kindergarten Smokey Diamond was in NYC today to talk to Ms. Simone Smarm, headmistress of the prenatal prep school, Ivybound. Prenatal prep schools have been springing up in most major American cities. All of … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: My Voices column for February

Stevieslaw: So You Think You Have Talent. Smokey Diamond and I were sitting at the local University Starbucks last Wednesday morning discussing Nietzsche’s Ubermensch and how the concept might apply to the future Republican Presidential Candidate—-be it Mitt Romney or … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Then Came Santorum

The Iowa caucus is threatening to make a contender out of Rick Santorum, and the word Smokey and I had in the offices of Stevieslaw—publisher of the Less-intelligent-than-average American Guide series—is that Route 219 up to the New York State … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Who’s on First?

Picture John Boehner and Eric Cantor discussing the payroll tax bill vote. Perhaps, it went something like this. EC: Yes. We get to stick it to Obama again. JB: No, it is then. EC: No? You don’t want to stick … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: A Tea Party Endorsed Christmas Carol

The House Republican Caucus announced today that they will perform “A Tea Party Christmas Carol,” for contributors on the Mall this Saturday night. The production will be directed by John Boehner. Starring as Scrooge will be the versatile Eric Cantor, … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: Saving Planet RY-N.

News from Johannesburg has most climate scientists and environmentalists decrying the results of the recent global climate conference. As Alden Meyers of the Union of Concerned Scientists noted, “… we did very little to affect the emissions curve which is … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: A List of Winners from this year’s reading.

My friend, Fred Ramsey, got me started by putting a list on facebook of the books he had read this year.  I read a lot, which is great, but retain little, which is not great.  Here are some of my … Continue reading

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Smokey Diamond: The Intrepid Reporter

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StevieslawEntertainmentNews: Fox News to Revamp Format

Fox News plans three new “fair and balanced” sitcoms. In an effort to “balance out” commercial network sitcoms that portray blacks, latinos, gays, women and other minorities as people, Fox News today announced it is revamping its format to be … Continue reading

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