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    John R. Hall

    With the dexterity of a master magician, John's writing style forces readers to reexamine their positions and opinions on society, politics, and lifestyles. He has been described as a contrarian, a provocateur, and a polemicist. In his book, Red, White, and the Blues: A Long and Hard Ride over Treacherous Terrain, John interweaves a narrative of a life lived in constant motion while taking the reader along on his 2011 coast-to-coast motorcycle odyssey crisscrossing North America.

    A Brief History of the American Dream

    The American dream has always been illusory for huge swaths of her inhabitants. It’s like seeing some long-hoped-for oasis in the desert, wavering off...

    Meeting John Malkovich

    The title of this piece should be “Driving John Malkovich,” because yours truly did just that. It was surreal, to say the least, because it...

    Postulating Pascal’s Wager While Simultaneously Rejecting It: “How Dare You!”

    Pascal’s wager—believing in God because the potential rewards of doing so greatly outweigh the cost—is a simple bet. There are no odds to contemplate....

    The Homeless Epidemic Is Not an Experience

    When I was a child, an elderly shop owner taught me a lesson on the power of words. He said to me, “Opinions are...

    Will Trump’s Vile Vituperations Be Democracy’s Epitaph?

    The late great composer, singer, musician, author, and soul and jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron had something to say about a second term for a...

    Red, White and the Blues
    John R. Hall