Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: Guilty or Innocent?
In the middle of writing a book about the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, “uncertainty” crept in and raised its ugly head to baffle and befuddle the author . . .
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Author: Roger
Names of Native American Groups
For readers and students interested in learning more, here are a few helpful Native American websites.
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Mickey Mouse
I was sitting and watching the TV news one day when a reporter said: “Mickey turned 50 today and there was a big birthday party for him . . . .” which started me to thinking . . . . How can a black line on a piece of paper have a birthday party?
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The Time Machine Falls Apart
Yes, that was how well the high and mighty Mr. Lott was doing one day. But move forward in time . . . before the time machine broke . . .
A month later, it’s mighty different! By now Mr. T. Lott has been forced to resign “of his own free will” (however bravely, or foolishly, he thought he could resist at first) for his curious pock-holed-and-questioned-mark quip about Mr. S. Thurmond. Here was a cute under-the-table tribute to his idol, for what else can you say about Strom’s greatness at a 100th birthday tribute other than include the fact that he ran for the presidency of the United States of America? That Strom Thurmond would have shown the whole country how to handle “Negroes” (or “negras”) if he had been elected / “yes sir, if the Segregation Party had won, this country would be a whole lot better off . . .” Excuse me, and all Trent Lott had to do was resign?
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Scream
my dreams have not been those welcomed kinds of enjoyable fantasy but rather are drawn from the other end of the emotional spectrum, full of moody crises and inexplicable features. I am hearing screams in my head during the night . . . .
The screaming grew louder and closer—and not just screams but shouts and yells of every kind. Sometimes the dreams seemed to come forth from the center of a battlefield and what I was hearing was the din of battle. The noise at times was overwhelming and deafening. . . . .