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Pilgrim’s Pride Chickens Out
It was when he saw the headline in Forbes, "Pilgrim’s Pride Chickens Out," about the travails of the poultry producer (symbol PPC on the NYSE), that Lehman knew he had to act. "The weakening…
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Two Poems by Nicole Santalucia
Nicole and Deanna had a whale of a time in Provincetown two weekends ago! Here is "Domestic Life" by Nicole Santalucia: Domestic Life I live with a deaf paintershe stares at me and moves…
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The Most Important Thing You Can Do
The single most important thing you can do to get your finances in order is to pay off your credit card debt, in toto, ASAP! And never charge more on a card than you…
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The Writer’s Almanac
Listen to Garrison Keillor today — and every day — reading a poem of his choice. . . http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
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“Parvus,” “Trotsky,” “Mr. Natural” (by Mitch Sisskind)
Not too many people are familiar with Israel Helphand, who later called himself Alexander Parvus. From early in life his ambition was to be a revolutionary and a millionaire. He achieved both ambitions. During…
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A Muse in Drag…or Fur? (by Jenny Factor)
Has it ever bothered anyone else that the convention of the Muse is typically female? Is this purely a sexual preference (which could then be unhinged successfully by a writer’s gender or by her…
