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Procrustes Bed: New and Unimproved.

Posted on January 28, 2011 by stevieslaw

A friend and Professor of English introduced a very rough theory of Shakespeare’s tragedies in class today.  He’s a careful teacher, and he made clear to the students that his theory just provided a framework by which to think about … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: 10. State Government Reform. The one percent solution.

Posted on January 25, 2011 by stevieslaw

10: State Government Reforms, and Pennsylvania Takes the Lead In a highly informative article by Jan Murphy of the Harrisburg Patriot-News, we learned today that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plans to reduce government spending by making deep cuts in … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: 9. Scrubbing the Clean Air Act

Posted on January 22, 2011 by stevieslaw

9. EPA to become CPPA Buoyed by their success in repealing Obamacare, House Republicans are, according to Renee Schoof of McClatchy Newspapers, getting ready “to rewrite the Clean Air Act so that it can’t be used to fight climate change.”  … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs you may have missed: 8. Religiosityly Speaking

Posted on January 20, 2011 by stevieslaw

8. My brother’s brother Occasionally, and I think often accidentally, our local newspaper, The Centre Daily Times, reminds me of why I subscribe.  Today, they ran two pieces in the main section of the paper—one a news item and one … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs you may have missed: 7. Not in my court

Posted on January 19, 2011 by stevieslaw

7. College Grads barred. Dr. Peter Zenger, Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, issued an order today barring recent college graduates from serving on juries in the state.  Zenger cited a recent study by New York Sociologist, Richard … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: 6. American Drone.

Posted on January 19, 2011 by stevieslaw

Newsbriefs You May Have Missed:   6. Congress Drones on It’s good and good in Pakghanistan this week, as reported by Marc Levy of the Associated Press.  For one thing, a major GOP Congressional delegation met with Hamid Karzai and some … Continue reading →

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Homecoming

Posted on January 15, 2011 by stevieslaw

My entry to NPR’s 3 minute fiction contest.  It can be no longer than 600 words.  One character must tell a joke and the same or a second character must cry. Homecoming I hitched a ride from Bellefonte and raised enough … Continue reading →

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Briefnews Items you May Have Missed: 5. 8rms, riv vw.

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stevieslaw

5. U.S. to build settlement on the west bank of the Kabul river Stanley Spade, chief spokesman for New Levittown houses announced this morning that his company will build a settlement on the west bank of the Kabul River, near … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: 2. Tea-partiers to seek treatment

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stevieslaw

Tea-partiers to seek anger management therapy. At a well attended but little publicized three-day meeting this December in Topeka, Kansas, Tea-partiers met to answer one fundamental question—“why are we so boiling mad?”  We were able to speak to their self-styled … Continue reading →

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Newsbriefs You May Have Missed: 1. God Quits

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stevieslaw

God quits over Israeli-Palestinian deadlock: Almighty God announced today that he is resigning from his role as master of the Universe, effective immediately, over the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock. God was quoted as saying, “I’m all powerful and all knowing, but I’m … Continue reading →

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