. Lesson One going into the streets of Cleveland — as hipped by my poli-warzone-brother Mitch — If you hear fire crackers, don’t assume they’re fire crackers. Get behind cover. Roger that. Mitch and I met in 1983 thru him being a music reporter in Winnipeg and me managing to some success one of the […]
The Republican Convention, Cleveland, 2016
July 17th, 2016 · 11 Comments · Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
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Bill Clinton’s First Inauguration 1993
January 20th, 2016 · 12 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics
. Originally published in Interchange Magazine, and TransForum Magazine, Jan. and Feb. 1993. . “We march to the music of our time.” ……………………………………….Bill Clinton at his Inauguration . Little Dorothy Washington slowly snuck up to the Iron Curtain of Oz, and peaked behind the screen. Her eyes popped when she discovered only a hungry old […]
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