BRANDEIS
BRANDEIS/ DOWNTOWN OMAHA/ 50’S As a child, I took the trolley with an adult to the downtown. By the mid 60’s Petula Clark was signing about if your blue, go downtown. Then that song became quickly dated. In the 50’s, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: New Essays
THE SOCIAL ANIMAL
Brooks, D.(2011) The social animal New York: Random House, 424 pages. David Brooks is a well known essayist, author, journalist with numerous appearances on various cable and commercial television. This new book has become a best seller. Fortunately, it is … Continue reading →
BROKEN HEART SYNDROME
BROKEN HEART SYNDROME ________ (2005) A broken heart syndrome U.S. NEWS &WORLD REPORT, 2/21, 55. Some heart attacks come from frightening news. Their hearts become stunned not impacted with a cardiac malfunction. In other words, they do not have the … Continue reading →
BRIAN WILSON’S DREAM/ SNELL
BRIAN WILSON’S DREAM Fields of strawberries Haze of blue Vibrations to the hilltop Coming home… Brother John, Are you sleeping? SMiLE’S sunny down snuff Mystery tours magic A beggar’s banquet Who’s afraid of Heroes and Villains? The Devil’s sympathy? Only … Continue reading →
BOOK REVIEW/ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
BOOK REVIEW ESSAY Joel C. Snell Kirkwood College Talbot, D. (2008) the Brothers: Hidden History of the Kennedy years: New York: the Free press, 479 pages (The book is arranged from a chapter on the assassination to each succeeding year … Continue reading →
TOP/BOTTOM
BOTTOM/TOP (MTV) One can imagine that some of the gay culture is going to drift over to the straight culture. As an example, TOP means that an individual enjoys the dominant aggressive role. BOTTOM means that the individual prefers the … Continue reading →
AGE OF REASON
BORN TO BE WILD Jerome Burne (2004) “Why teens are born to be wild” News.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=540175 June 12th, p.1-3. New research suggests that MRI studies of human brains make some old bromides not workable. The age of reason is 7. Well, … Continue reading →
BOHEMIAN GROVE
BOHEMIAN GROVE Bohemian Grove From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Bohemian Grove is a 2,700-acre (1,100 ha) campground located at 20601 Bohemian Avenue, in Monte Rio, California, belonging to a private San Francisco-based men’s art club known … Continue reading →
BLOGS
BLOGS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE Baker, Stephen & Heather Green (2005) Blogs will change your business, BUSINESS WEEK, 5/2, 57-67 There is another new mass media. It is called a weblog. Thousands are created every day and are often called … Continue reading →
5 BLACK PRESIDENTS
BLACK PRESIDENTS When you look at the pictures of all the presidents, you see all white males. At least, they look white. If you use the standard one drop methodology of race used still in many parts of the United … Continue reading →