Geezer with a 3-stage life (so far): birth to 26, USA; 26-56, Scotland; 56 to present, France. Background: South, then New York (Bronxville H.S.), USMC corporal, BA in English from Chapel Hill, 2nd degree (M.Ed.) Edinburgh University, thirty-year teaching career in Scotland, retired to France in '93. Boy and girl, one in the US, the other in London, five grandchildren, second wife, no religion. 1st activism: anti-racist picketing in N.Carolina '60-'61; British Council for Peace in Vietnam; Committee for the Advancement of State Education (anti private schools). Present interests: food, the environment, growing US authoritarianism, international crime writing, Mediterranean culture, private correspondence.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:31:12 PM
Article: "Hamlet Adaptation (Act 1, Scene 3)"
Shakespeare
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 3:26:01 AM
Article: "Banned In America - French Documentary Film Pulled from YouT"
Frankenfoods and Censorship
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 3:36:44 PM
Article: "FINALLY: Someone is telling the U.S. Gov't where to put its"
Electoral Quick Fixes
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 3:15:27 PM
Article: "Banned In America - French Documentary Film Pulled from YouT"
Videos banned in US
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 3:07:32 PM
Article: "Hamlet Adaptation (Act 1, Scene 2)"
Shakespeare and US schooling
Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:30:58 PM
Article: "A Sampling of Misconceptions & Outright Lies About Elections"
Paid to Count?
Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 3:02:27 PM
Article: "Why be nude? Enjoy our clothing free lifestyle!"
Why be nude?
Monday, March 10, 2008 at 10:27:35 AM
Article: "Bush and Uribe v. Chavez and Correa"
Bush-Uribe vs. Chavez-Correa
Monday, February 18, 2008 at 2:50:01 PM
Article: "Bush and ExxonMobil v. Chavez"
Chavez MSM pile-on
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 5:18:16 AM
Article: "And Justice for ALL? Is Our Voting System Just?"
Voting System Reform
Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 7:28:12 AM
Article: "A letter sent to DNC Chair, Howard Dean on behalf of Gravel"
Mary's Grammar
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 10:53:34 AM
Article: "BILL KRISTOL EPITOMIZES DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA"
Kristol's NYT column
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 8:39:20 AM
Article: "Venezuelan Referendum - The "Real" Results Only Mr. Chavez K"
Chavez MSM pile-on
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 5:12:04 AM
Article: "AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the Practice of Corporate Censors"
USanians resident abroad
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 1:01:43 PM
Article: "AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the Practice of Corporate Censors"
Censorship by hotmail
Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 5:19:24 AM
Article: "Two Reasons to Ban Foie Gras"
Foie Gras
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 5:14:28 AM
Article: "The True THREAT Of Ann Coulter And Her Ilk"
Banning Ann Coulter
Friday, June 22, 2007 at 11:14:01 AM
Article: "The Ultimate Felony Against Democracy: Privatizing Our Vote"
Privatizing Voting