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November 14, 2020
Kérouac
There is nothing quite like Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (1922-1969.) Columbia gridiron golden boy turned Beat King. Jack Kérouac. Nothing and no one.
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November 12, 2020
12 million immigrants in 32 years.
On this date in 1954, Ellis Island ceased all operations. Between 1892 and 1924, 12 million immigrants entering the U.S. via the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed here under federal law.
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Language
“Language. Mankind’s greatest invention is Language. That we’d keep limiting any of it in any way to control behavior, thought or morality is the real obscenity. It makes one sick to know that, albeit with good intentions, we’re doing just that.”
— Holden Oliver, Salzburg, 2008
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November 09, 2020
Where Americans are....
My take on last week?
1. Looks like DJT took one for the team.
2. Trump down; Trumpism still standing—and maybe stronger than ever.
3. And we Americans no longer know one another. Let’s fix that.
AP: “Referendum on Trump shatters turnout records...”
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