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    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...

    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...

    Conflating Great Things with Being Great Caused Gnashing of My Teeth

    It has finally dawned on me why, throughout my life, I have had dental problems that have resulted in me becoming—as Seinfeld’s Cosmo Kramer...

    Were 1,459 Days of Strife All for Naught?

    Were 1,459 days of strife all for naught? It sure seems that way to me. It seems that we did not learn—nor retain—a thing...

    Red, White and the Blues
    John R. Hall