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Losing
by Dick MacHaving grown-up in Boston, I spent the first four decades of my life as a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. Exercises in futility are rarely more obvious. I suffered the failures of...
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"Lazarus" In Previews
by Dick MacI saw the first preview of "Lazarus" and now that it has opened and has been reviewed in the mainstream media, I offer you this review I wrote of the 18 November performance:Lazarusby David...
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Blind Trust - Auburn University
by Dick MacUsed without permission.At the beginning of December, 2015, as anti-Muslim hate speech spread like wildfire across the United States, the Auburn Muslim Students Association (MSA), at Auburn...
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Dear David Bowie:
by Dick MacGood morning, Sailor:Look at you, you're in heaven! Everyone says hi, we all miss you so much. The telly is filthy with stories about you. I heard the news today. Oh boy! I was...
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Steady in the Polls, but Sinking in the Human Decency Arena
by Dick MacWow! I didn't think anyone was going to say it quite as directly as this article:The “Bernie Bros” Narrative: a Cheap Campaign Tactic Masquerading as Journalism and Social ActivismI have...
View ArticleCounting Supporters
by Dick MacSenator Bernie Sanders and Secretary Hillary Clinton are battling for the Democratic nomination to run for President in 2016.There are complaints from the Sanders camp that the mainstream...
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Broken Windows Do Not Exist Only in Communities of Color
by Dick MacThe notion that ". . . [d]isorder is not directly linked to serious crime; instead, disorder leads to increased fear and withdrawal from residents, which then allows more serious crime to...
View ArticleTwo New York City David Bowie Tributes: Carnegie Hall, March 31, 2016, and...
by Dick MacCarnegie Hall, March 31, 2016Cyndi Lauper opened the show with a rocking version of "Suffragette City." You can tell she sings the song loudly while driving her car, and like most of us...
View ArticleDo we really have to choose between the lesser of two evils?
by Dick MacAmerica's greatness today shows us that 1/10th of the top 1% (not the top 1%, only ten percent of the top 1%) owns nearly as much of America's wealth as the bottom 90%.When we all vote for...
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No Anal Rape for Rapist, Just a Slap on the Wrist
Brock Allen Turner - RAPISTby Dick MacIt's important that everybody knows that Brock Allen Turner is a rapist.He is a rapist who has been given a slap on the wrist for what he did.He is a rapist not...
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A Poem on the Annihilation of Ernie Terrell
by Dick MacMarianne Moore and Muhammad AliToot Shor's restaurant 1966A Poem on the Annihilation of Ernie Terrell by Marianne Moore and Muhammad Ali, 1966After we defeat Ernie TerrellHe will get...
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And there's a shop on the corner . . .
by Dick Mac . . . that's selling papier maiche, making bulletproof faces of Charlie Manson and Cassius Clay . . . "Sweet Thing," David Bowie, 1974RIPDavid Bowie (1947 - 2016)Muhammad Ali (1942 -...
View ArticleThe Boxer
by Dick MacIn the clearing stands a boxer,And a fighter by his tradeAnd he carries the remindersOf ev'ry glove that laid him downAnd cut him till he cried outIn his anger and his shame,"I am leaving, I...
View ArticleFloat like a butterfly . . .
by Dick MacHe floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee,Muhammad Ali, the Black Superman! "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)", by Johnny Wakelin (1975)"I'm so mean I make medicine sick,"...
View ArticleStand By Me
by Dick MacNo I won't be afraidOh, I won't be afraidJust as long as you stand, stand by me. Stand By Me, Cassius Clay (1964)"I'm so mean I make medicine sick," Muhammad Ali, RIP (1942 -...
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An Apple A Day
by Dick MacSee my article on Page 10 in the current issue of The Word on The Streets:An Apple A DayAmazon.com WidgetsDick Mac (alive!)
View ArticleI Am The Greatest
by Dick Mac"I Am The Greatest," Cassius Clay, 1964"I'm so mean I make medicine sick," Muhammad Ali, RIP (1942 - 2016)Amazon.com WidgetsDick Mac (alive!)
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Jesse Owens and Luz Long - an unlikely friendship
by Dick MacJesse Owens and Luz Long were unlikely friends in pre-war Germany.Owens was an African-American athlete and Long a blond-haired, blue-eyed German. The men participated in the 1936 Olympics...
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Why Vote For Clinton?
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/by Dick MacWhy? Because it isn't all about me.Because I had a mother who was an amazing woman. A woman who raised four children by herself. A woman who got herself and...
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Nevertheless (an excerpt)
The weak overcomes its menace, the strong over comes itself. What is there like fortitude! - Excerpted from Nevertheless, by Marianne Moore (1944)Amazon.com WidgetsDick Mac (alive!)
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