A few plugs for friends: Watch this!

By at 25 April, 2008, 11:12 am

NPR has a story today about a Pacific War Hero, Guy Gabaldon, who never received but deserves the Medal of Honor. Filmmaker: Pacific War Hero Deserved Higher Honor by Richard Gonzales Listen Now [6 min 41 sec] add to playlist Steve Rubin, whom some of who you may remember from my October 2006 column about […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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My “Smoke” Problem

By at 24 March, 2008, 10:53 am

There’s something that’s been bothering me while reading the reviews about Nicholson Baker‘s new book “Human Smoke.” I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it basically boiled down to the question, “Are you saying we shouldn’t have gone to war against Hitler? That doing so was not worth doing?” But I hadn’t quite articulated […]

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