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73Book review: "America's Retreat From Victory" by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
Can you imagine the fallout from a headline like that? A nationally popular activist/commentator attacking an acknowledged hero that recently won major awards would raise eyebrows in each of their camps --...
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65My Father's Letter
"I had to go read my letter day before yesterday," said my father on the phone. He hadn't been feeling too good the day or two before I called him and he was telling me so with one of his coded messages. Dad's most significant memory of World War...
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61Photography As Art
It's often been said that we learn from our own mistakes and are inspired by our successes. Here's a great opportunity to learn from the success of other photographers who have produced some noteworthy images. George Barr is a Canadian fine...
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67The John Deere Lawn Rebel
I first heard this essay on The Onion Radio several years ago. "It was last week that I had withdrawn a hefty sum from my pension account and made haste to the Eastgate Plaza Lawn & Garden Place to pick out...
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66Jazz Life
William Claxton's wife, Peggy once said, "Photography is jazz for the eye." I've always felt that photography is an artform and her husband's work certainly provides ample evidence. Jazz photography came...
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62The Inner-City Girls of Wal-Mart
Connections are often surprising and usually interesting -- once you know the whole story. OK, here's the deal. Black Men was launched in 1998 and billed as the first urban men's lifestyle magazine. It included a suave, upscale fantasy of life...
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53Travel Photography -- U.S.A.
For the last ten years, my wife and I have traveled frequently between the Gulf Coast, North New Jersey, Manhattan, Western North Carolina, Florida and Kentucky. We also made a side trip out to Nebraska by way of Denver. We drove back to Louisiana...
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51Christmas Gift Ideas for 2010
Over the past year, I've reviewed a variety of books, movies, music CD's and DVD's that would make good gift ideas for the right person on your list. Check out these items and if you want more info, visit the...
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58TV Review: America -- The Story of Us
The first commercial caught me completely unawares, so smooth was the segue from the story of our first settlers in the New World to one of the first banks in America. The announcer told how that same bank...
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45My Hobby Turned into a Business
Well, to make a long story short, my wife and I treat each other like royalty. She thinks I'm her Prince and everyone knows she's an Empress. Our lawn is filled with those cheap, tacky, pink flamingos, so...
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