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From the archive: The Black Swan [by David Lehman]
<<<I write in self-imposed isolation. The Corona virus that originated in Wuhan, China, and is spreading with the speed of a medieval plague, has mandated “social distancing,” a phrase now commonplace. In Wall Street…
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The Real Reason Linda Reagan [Amy Carlson] Left “Blue Bloods” After 7 Seasons [by Walter Carey]
Ed. note: One of our most popular posts was written for the BAP blog by Walter Carey on October 13, 2017 preceded by this note: << Walter Carey writes: "David Huntley, my source for…
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The Broken Mirror of Facebook [by Lera Auerbach]
© Lera Auerbach Something peculiar occurred on the night of October 13th, 2020: my personal Facebook page disappeared. It was abruptly deleted by Facebook with the warning that this action was permanent and irreversible.…
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The Starmakers [by Nin Andrews]
Lately I’ve been thinking about how my father used to say, There’s no such thing as the self-made man. Think about it. It was one of my father’s ongoing arguments with the world, with…
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Fifty Years On: March 19, 2021 [by Mitch Sisskind]
I was in North Liberty with Old Man Bud, Old to the point where he just sat there Looking out the window of his house. He asked me, 'What's the date today?' I…
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“Nothing is as Boring as an Atheist” [by Mitch Sisskind]
Trapped on a long drive with an atheistI closed my eyes and sought refuge in My earliest erotic fantasies of capture By an Apache warrior maiden, cruelAt first but then merely unpredictable.As the atheist droned on…
