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UNDERDOG SUPPORTERS UPDATE did you see that the fresno state raisins, or whatever they're called, beat no killed a "university o...

THE GARMAN-GILL FAMILIES-WRITTEN 1971 BY ELIZABETH GARMAN GILL, continued. Eva loved horses and could hitch up a horse to a buggy or a ca...

MARY, II The next day, I don't know if it was before or after court, I called Mary and asked her if she would come down to my office. I ...

MARY, I Before a trial starts the tension is great. In anticipation of the need, the mind enhances all the senses. On the morning of the tr...

when my son was born i used to hold him and sing louis armstrong's "what a wonderful world" substituting "boy" for ...

bad, surprising (to me) for the democrats. two post-gop convention polls have bush up DOUBLE DIGITS. kerry got NO bounce out of the demos ...

i am getting hurricane fatigue. frances made me tense and then petered out. now ivan is in the caribbean and could turn into a category 5....

FOOTFALLS it is 10:00 on a sunday morning. i can hear my neighbor above me walking around her apartment in her bare feet. her steps are m...

speaking of underdogs... CONGRATULATIONS to erika ebbel for winning the miss massachusetts title. ms. ebbel will compete in the miss ame...

UNDERDOG SUPPORTERS about a year ago the annoying-voiced npr sports commentator frank deford did a piece in which he professed his favori...

FUTBOL IN AMERICA chelsea and a.s. roma drew 25,000 in pittsburgh last night. manchester united and glasgow celtic drew 55,000 in philly...

TRUE CRIME STORIES in court yesterday waiting for the end of calendar and the start of my trial, a wretched combination of boredom and a...

started again to read john bunyan's "pilgrim's progress." don't know why it's considered such a classic of litera...

"...i only thought to make i knew not what; nor did i undertake thereby to please my neighbour; no, not i, i did it my own self t...

ON, "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS," II i registered my objections to what little doctrine or prescription there was in CLASH in ...

ON "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS," I ah, man. just finished CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS (the book). what a disappointment. i have repeate...

i'm going to try to start a mini-revival of james fennimore cooper. one of the first truly american novelists he took up writing later ...

REASSESSING II were i president i would be satisfied that the definition of our enemy should be expanded be...

REASSESSING I if i were suddenly made president, what would i do about this war? the first thing i'd want...

A HUMBLE BLOGGER why do i blog? one reason is because, as i found out, writing is hard. it is good brain exercise....

gosh dang, just finished reading WAR AND PEACE. it's hard to even begin a reaction to it, which is common according to john bayley w...

there some pertty, pertty pitchers in this month's vogue. nicole kidman by irving penn is stupendo. the cover photo is stunning, some...

Books: War & Peace the most meaningful description of the death experience that i have ever read i have read just now in WAR AND PEACE o...

"What a Wonderful World" Department Dave johnson's horse racing calls. I was coming home from work last Saturday, turned on s...

was just spending my 15 minutes a day channel surfing and reminding myself how exasperating tv is when i happened onto clinton's speech ...

why does the new york times continue to give a forum to william safire? his hiring was widely believed to be the result of an affirmative...