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I'm a Librarian-Media Teacher @ Colton (CA) High School who worked as a music teacher/librarian-media specialist for the U.S. Dept. of Defense Dependent Schools in Canada & Japan for 31 years. Following retirement in 2001, I built a modest career as a freelance writer. Previously I'd been a pt. time broadcast journalist in Tokyo @ TV-Asahi, NHK-TV & NTV. I wrote restaurant reviews for the Yokosuka (Japan) Seahawk weekly newspaper; music reviews/political pieces for a now defunct e-zine. In my free time, my 1st love is reading serious chamber music; then playing tennis. I'm a voracious reader, something of a news junky. Having lived in Japan for 32 years, I have an abiding respect for that country and its people.
My magnum opus is a 412 p. memoir I've written for the American Overseas Schools Historical Society. Titled Soothe a Savage Breast: the Memoirs of a Mad Musician, it's still unpublished. My 15-minutes of fame occurred in a Japanese TV show when conductor Hiroyuki Iwaki broke a violin over my head.
41 Comments
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 9:16:44 PM
Article : "That Damn Critical Eye"
Editing
Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 3:50:52 PM
Article : "Minneapolis citizens calling for Bush arrest at GOP Conventi"
Arrest of Dubya for crimes against humanity
Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 12:30:15 PM
Quicklink : "Six US cities tamper with traffic cameras for profit"
Red light cameras
Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 2:38:41 AM
Article : "Leaving the States ain't as easy as it looks"
You're dead right, Mark.
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 12:56:58 PM
Article : "What's wrong with the USA? It is really very simple..."
Constitutional republic reinstated via military coup?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 11:25:56 PM
Article : "Elliot Spitzer and America's Ethical Perversity"
Hypocracy
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 7:36:58 PM
Article : "It Does Happen in America; The Political Trial of Don Siegel"
DOJ subversion
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 5:24:15 PM
Article : "School administration: the education reform they don't talk"
Appropriate pay for skilled teachers
Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 12:16:14 PM
Article : "The State of the Union Bush Forgot to Talk About"
Kudos to Bernie for telling the truth
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 12:44:55 PM
Article : "The New Hampshire "Shame of Custody""
Innocent until proven guilty/burden of proof
Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1:31:45 AM
Article : "Victory! For Bush!"
Meritorious presidents
Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1:13:12 AM
Article : "Rudy, Your Virtual Fence is Bull"
Guiliani's virtual border fence
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:10:50 PM
Article : "Corporate Media Keeps King "in his place"! Buries King's Fie"
MLK's speech against war/imperialism/hypocracy
Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 12:28:45 PM
Article : "Huckabee's Bob Jones Moment"
Get out of America?
Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 12:13:31 PM
Article : "Keeping the Republic"
Impeachment
Friday, January 4, 2008 at 7:50:52 PM
Article : "From Woody Smith regarding Obama: "Be afraid. Be very afraid"
OK. I'm afraid, but not of Obama.
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 1:14:23 AM
Article : "The Grinch Who Stole America"
Dick Grinch Cheney
Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 1:26:14 AM
Article : "The Meaning of America"
Americans condoning/permitting torture
Monday, September 3, 2007 at 11:06:20 PM
Article : "Sen. Bernie Sanders: Why He Opposes the Nussle Appointment a"
You're dead right, Bernie
Monday, August 20, 2007 at 12:13:38 AM
Article : "Raging Grandmother at a Town Hall Meeting in a Red State"
Dead right.
Monday, August 20, 2007 at 12:01:32 AM
Article : "Rove's Thorough Electoral Mediocrity"
R on Rove
Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 11:51:48 AM
Article : "From Nazism to Neo-cons to Bushism"
NAZISM-BUSHISM
Monday, July 16, 2007 at 2:05:29 AM
Article : "MAYBE THE IDIOTS WILL UNDERSTAND THIS: FUGHETABOUTIT!!!"
U R DEAD RIGHT!
Monday, July 9, 2007 at 2:41:21 AM
Article : "Happy 7-7-07: A Holiday Called TANABATA"
TANABATA
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 8:51:41 PM
Article : "Another public official steps up to the plate!"
KUDOS 4 GREAT WORK
Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 12:10:50 AM
Article : "Calling Evil By Its Name"
Evil by any other name
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 11:56:23 PM
Article : "I Do Not Support The Troops"
Dead right.
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 8:56:51 PM
Article : "Do the Neo-Con/Artists really believe their own B.S.?"
The neo-cons aren't THAT dumb!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 12:30:57 PM
Article : "Put Bush and Cheney On Trial for "Breaking" Our Army!"
BULLSEYE
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 9:29:43 AM
Article : "Virginia Tech, George Bush & Iraq"
UR DEAD RIGHT
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 1:45:09 AM
Article : "DARE TO LOOK BACK"
NEO-CONS--GO TO HELL
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 1:31:54 AM
Article : "The Virginia Tech shootings: why are people so surprised?"
VT TRAGEDY
Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 12:34:18 AM
Article : "Your Genitals: The Great Moral Issues of Our Time"
GREAT SATIRE!
Friday, February 23, 2007 at 11:02:41 PM
Article : "21 Years and Snip--My Column Ends at the News-Sentinel"
LOCAL POLITICS
Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 12:02:19 AM
Article : "Got Fascism?"
Johnson/Nixon/Clinton impeachments
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 10:23:30 PM
Article : ""Don't Let Dick Cheney Get Me!""
Impeach B/C
Monday, January 8, 2007 at 12:27:22 AM
Article : "The Utter Stupidity of Direct TV"
Corporatocracy
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 11:31:32 PM
Article : "Dear American Patriot: Amending the Holt Bill"
Black Box is right
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 12:02:59 AM
Article : "Will Stinky Cut The Big One?"
EVIL GWB
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 11:47:58 PM
Article : "Pelosi and Conyers-- Smarter than Impeachment-"
HOMONYM USAGE
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 12:43:19 PM
Article : "BirdBrain Watching; Echoes in Empty (ditto)Heads;"
Limbaugh's a hypocrit