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The original 'odd bird,' my stint as head of High School ROTC included my wearing MFS's black armband just before I turned down an appointment to West Point to go to Harvard. There, majoring in bridge, backgammon, and poker for my middle years as an undergrad, I managed to get a degree in History-and-Philosophy that led me to believe that writing was my calling.

Years and years in the South since then have sent me down all sorts of strange byways of political, environmental, and civil rights activism, during all three decades of which I've squeaked by fiscally doing all sorts of odd jobs, including slinging texts at all sorts of buyers when the market permitted.

Today, I teach--primarily Koreans--about the intricacies of reading and writing English, often as a second language, and imagine a future in which my fiction, commentary, journalism, and criticism finds an audience. Graduate school may beckon in my sixth decade above ground, who knows?

I'm game for collaboration, correspondence, and constructive feedback. "I'm drawn to those who seek the truth, and I flee from those who have found it." Or, as Octavio Paz noted, "He sang, singing not to remember his true life of lies, but to recall his lying life of truth."

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15 Articles, 1 Quick Links, 32 Comments, 1 Diaries, 0 Polls

32 Comments


Monday, January 23, 2012 at 12:22:59 PM

Article : "World Peace Is Hanging By A Thread"

Kudos to Fidel and OEN and more


Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 6:14:12 PM

Article : "On Occupying the Democratic Party"

Respectful Disagreement and a Request for Dialog


Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 8:28:50 PM

Article : "How Obama is helping a disease that discriminates the way bi"

Am reminded of 2008


Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 10:28:50 PM

Tweet : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy: Part 2"

Tweet: Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy: Part 2


Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 4:53:11 AM

Article : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy: Part 3"

The early days of AOL: relentlessly unprofitable capitalism


Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 9:01:14 PM

Article : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy: Part 2"

Social Commons Should Be Common Property


Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 2:40:46 PM

Article : "A Sizeable Dixie Rally for Working Class Solidarity"

Thank you!


Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 7:27:41 AM

Article : "A Sizeable Dixie Rally for Working Class Solidarity"

Hey Jonathon!


Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 11:16:14 PM

Article : "A Sizeable Dixie Rally for Working Class Solidarity"

A Beginning But Not Enough


Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 11:00:59 AM

Article : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy"

Right on!


Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 10:03:30 AM

Article : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy"

No, no, no...


Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 9:02:16 AM

Article : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy"

OK, look dude...


Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 6:38:02 AM

Article : "Media, Mergers, Capitalism, and Popular Democracy"

Necessary elements of analysis


Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 2:47:31 PM

Article : "Progressive Criticism of Arianna Huffington's AOL Merger Dea"

Hmmmmmmmm...


Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 10:29:29 PM

Article : "Hold the Celebration: Egypt's Struggle Just Began"

This is the first rational statement that I've seen on topic


Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 10:18:19 PM

Article : "The Market for Progressive Groups and Websites"

A Tad of Constructive Feedback


Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 11:43:58 AM

Article : "Making Complaint Matter Part Three: Why Class-Action Lawsuit"

Spot on, as the British say


Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 9:59:13 PM

Article : "Making Complaint Matter Part Three: Why Class-Action Lawsuit"

What we can do about the foreclosure crisis & much much more


Monday, February 7, 2011 at 11:31:53 AM

Article : "Huffpo Aol Merger A Left-Leaning Answer to Murdoch's Fox Emp"

The Other Word for Optimism?


Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 11:56:11 AM

Article : "Making Complaint Matter: Why Class-Action Lawsuits Cannot Re"

Hey there! Class Nomenclature...


Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 9:52:10 AM

Article : "Making Complaint Matter Part 2: Why Class-Action Lawsuits Ca"

More than outrage is necessary -- "Don't mourn; organize."


Friday, February 4, 2011 at 12:28:05 PM

Article : "Making Complaint Matter: Why Class-Action Lawsuits Cannot Re"

The time has come to take a stand


Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 11:16:10 PM

Article : "An Excerpt from The Politics of War, a Book by Gabriel Kolko"

War, Uranium, and Capital's Manifest Yet Hidden Intentions


Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 11:06:13 PM

Article : "An Initial Follow-up About the WTO, a Key Plutocratic Politi"

Thank you so much


Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 11:07:58 AM

Article : "An Initial Follow-up About the WTO, a Key Plutocratic Politi"

How history lives in the present


Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 9:49:05 AM

Article : "The origins of the WTO Epitomize Un-Sustainable Business"

Analysis Prevents Paralysis


Friday, January 14, 2011 at 11:36:49 PM

Tweet : "Atomic History Lessons and Understanding Depleted Uranium"

Tweet: A SOCIAL-HISTORICAL CONTEXTUALIZATION OF DU


Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2:30:27 PM

Article : "Atomic History Lessons and Understanding Depleted Uranium"

The 'Close Combat Defense Ad' above!!


Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 10:37:21 AM

Poll : "Poll: Is OpEdNews Too Tough on Obama and the Democrats?"

Kudos


Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 4:40:47 PM

Article : "Plant Vogtle Part II"

ERRATA


Monday, January 12, 2009 at 9:51:52 AM

Article : "Paul(as in Krugman)and Wendell(as in Berry)and Deborah(in li"

Wonderful insights, Martin.


Monday, January 12, 2009 at 9:46:52 AM

Article : "Paul(as in Krugman)and Wendell(as in Berry)and Deborah(in li"

Well this is certainly interesting.