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When will Trump’s minions stop applauding?

Posted on July 16, 2018 by oddmanout215

Last week Swamp Rabbit and I watched House Republicans grill FBI agent Peter Strzok and wondered if they really believed Strzok was part of of an FBI conspiracy to link Donald Trump to Russian interference with the 2016 election, even … Continue reading →

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A white haven for the blues

Posted on July 11, 2018 by oddmanout215

So I was upstate again last weekend, speeding home from a sales job, when a road sign on the highway caught my eye: WHITE HAVEN 4 MILES. “Perfect,” I said to Swamp Rabbit, my sales partner. “White Haven is a … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July in Pennsyltucky

Posted on July 5, 2018 by oddmanout215

I’m still tired from working July 4th with Swamp Rabbit at a folk fest in upstate PA. Not a good event for sales, too rural and rightwing, and way too hot. I pitched a lot of German Americans with pot … Continue reading →

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Update — Justice Kennedy, worse than a hypocrite

Posted on July 3, 2018 by oddmanout215

Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer who writes for the New Yorker and appears on cable news shows, portraying a legal expert of sorts. Which is why I was surprised to see this in a recent column of his: So there … Continue reading →

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Justice Kennedy — defeatist or hypocrite?

Posted on June 29, 2018 by oddmanout215

Anthony Kennedy was the U.S. Supreme Court’s swing vote, but he usually swung far to the right. He deserves a lot of credit for helping George W. Bush’s steal the presidential election in 2000. We can also thank him for … Continue reading →

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They really don’t care — ALL of them

Posted on June 25, 2018 by oddmanout215

“I really don’t care, do u?” was the message scrawled on the cheap jacket Melania Trump wore on her way to visit a detainment facility – a jail, really — for kids who were separated from their parents by U.S. … Continue reading →

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OK, you’re in love, but can you sell my novel?

Posted on June 20, 2018 by oddmanout215

An editor friend just called to apologize, he hasn’t had time to read my new manuscript because he’s having his roof replaced and can’t hear himself think. I said hey, no hurry, it will still be there when you find … Continue reading →

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Running out of gas with Steppenwolf

Posted on June 18, 2018 by oddmanout215

So I was on the highway, on my way to a sales job near Allentown with my stomach in a knot because I knew the job would suck. It was Throwback Thursday on the college radio station and the DJ … Continue reading →

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The outsider who made friends everywhere

Posted on June 12, 2018 by oddmanout215

Anthony Bourdain, who was 61, wrote Kitchen Confidential, the definitive book about working on the wild side in the restaurant business. He created several acclaimed TV series, using food as a device for exploring foreign cultures and making friends with … Continue reading →

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‘Disinvited’ Eagles weren’t going anyway

Posted on June 8, 2018 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was getting on my case for not being a football fan. I’m a fan of the players,” I said. “It’s the NFL I hate — the overpaid commissioner and the spoiled rotten billionaires who own the teams. I … Continue reading →

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