Category Archives: CURRENT AFFAIRS

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Elections

Posted on September 7, 2004 by Susan

I realize that by this post alone I may lose readers, but it would only prove my point: Nothing should be decided on emotion alone without a good measure of consideration of facts. The only thing I have clearly decided … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Beslan

Posted on September 4, 2004 by Susan

Jaded, hardened, getting used to horror. This one still did me in. (Photo, AP, via BBC)

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WRITING & CURRENT AFFAIRS: Lessons in the Backyard

Posted on August 27, 2004 by Susan

I feel American, inappropriately not dressed in red, white and blue but scarlet and green, just like a hummingbird, a gentle bird that gets aggressive in the later days of summer. The hawk swoops in on silent wings—there is no … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: The View from The Chair

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Susan

I admit that I’m following this election a bit more closely than any I’ve followed since I was a starry-eyed idealist in my twenties. Perhaps it’s my last hurrah, my one final attempt to understand politics, a renewed sense of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Things That Irk

Posted on August 18, 2004 by Susan

Every now and then I read something that brings out an inner voice that clashes miserably with what I’ve been developing here, and I’m tempted to open another blog called, “Hardass.” This, from the BBC News this morning: “A-level wait … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & WRITING: Or not…

Posted on August 14, 2004 by Susan

All I wrote yesterday was a post on unpatriotism, (I know, but I like the word), political correctness, extreme liberalism, open mindedness, allegiance, blindness, and checking out the facts. It wasn’t written well, it wasn’t thoroughly researched, and quite honestly, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & CURRENT AFFAIRS: Politics

Posted on August 7, 2004 by Susan

Small town politics. Gliding through the night in big black Ford Explorers. Slow and silent, movement timed with rolling wheels, pajamaed arms stick out in sync to flip open, shove and slam the mailbox doors. No one knows, an owl … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRs & WRITING: Speeches & Plans

Posted on August 6, 2004 by Susan

Regretfully, campaign speeches are narratives, stories of the future; even, I suspect, well suited to the Twilight Zone. Idealism runs rampant in the language, and who among us would not cheer the plans and hopes spun out? Would either candidate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & REALITY: Caves

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Susan

I find it strange the changes that we undergo in growing ever older, and the speed with which necessity makes certain events and thoughts leap on ahead. For many years I sought the well-lit cave to reach and research all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: A Creative Break?

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

Emerging from six months of emotional turmoil, I find it hard to continue in a creative frame of mind without sinking deeper into the somber and heartbreaking realities of life while seeking meaning in existence. With the good timing of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Political Viewpoints

Posted on July 29, 2004 by Susan

One of the weblogs I secretly visit to get a perspective on things that often helps evaluate the media presentations, as well as the speeches right from the horses’ mouths that seem to speak a different language—horse speak, of course. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Aspirin Therapy & Profits

Posted on July 20, 2004 by Susan

From the “Guess who’s going to try their damnedest to use this vital information as a marketing ploy to make some money” department: For Some, Aspirin May Not Help Hearts By ANDREW POLLACK Published: July 20, 2004 New York Times … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Medicine

Posted on July 13, 2004 by Susan

From this morning’s New York Times: Experts Set a Lower Low for Cholesterol Levels By GINA KOLATA Published: July 13, 2004 “The new recommendations call for treatment with cholesterol-lowering drugs for millions of Americans who had thought their cholesterol levels … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Terrorism

Posted on June 18, 2004 by Susan

Fuck. The bastards killed the hostage. Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: The Ugly American

Posted on June 14, 2004 by Susan

Two posts today at different sites have stuck in my mind, sized each other up, talked a bit, and ended up on the same side once they’d traveled the furrows of my brain. On J-Walk, an entry about the newly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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