Memorandums from Mary

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Wealth and Cultural Identity

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A representation of Metacomet, Metacom or King Philip (as he was variously known), as drawn by Paul Revere . In her book, The Name of War: K...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

“Giving Their All” for America

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  A 1948 Shmoo clock (with store display) from Lux Clock Company. According to a Harlan Ellison (author, 1934-2018) article, “Shmoo Goes The...
Saturday, January 13, 2024

“Bad” Blood and Rotten Bodies

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Although the Bible preaches (in Leviticus 19:33-34), “to not vex strangers,” and “love them as thyself,” groups have acted with prejudice to...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Prepared for Democracy on the Anniversary of January 6th?

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In Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe (1941) Gary Cooper plays a homeless man who’s used by corrupt forces to control a budding populist movement....
Friday, December 29, 2023

Outside the “Norm,” and Madness

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Benny Russell (Avery Brooks) writes for Incredible Tales, a science-fiction magazine, in 1950s New York in the DS9 episode “Far Beyond the ...
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My Bachelor's degree was in Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, and so I'm obviously a very impractical person. I spent my working career in publishing, doing editorial, design, and production.
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