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(public domain) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 21, 2020 “Withdrawing in disgust is not the same thing as apathy.” (from the 1990 film, Slacker) We live on the cusp of an age during which virtu ...
The Yale mascot celebrates a Bulldogs’ victory during the 2016 NCAA tournament. (Photo: Catherine Avalone/Hearst Connecticut Media) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 19, 2020 “Every child is an a ...
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 16, 2020 “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” (Joni Mitchell) Each fall, even the most nature-oblivious humans can’t help but notice — and ...
YouTube screenshot of a scene from Rumble Fish (1983) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 14, 2020 When I was in grade school, my classmates and I were introduced to the writer, S.E. Hinton. We wer ...
Oct. 7, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- In July of this year, when I revived the custom of asking my readers what they wanted to hear about on the fifth Wednesday of that month, I got plenty of suggestions, ...
Josh Gibson scoring a run for the Homestead Grays in a game against the Newark Eagles at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1942. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Z. -- World News Tr ...
Still photo of Robert DeNiro on the set of “Taxi Driver” (credit unknown) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 4, 2020 Until recently, yellow cabs were a major part of the NYC experience. Thanks to ...
Illustration: Kai and Sunny. The Guardian Sept 30. 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I noticed at the beginning of the month that September had five Wednesdays, and I didn’t have anything in mind to post ...
My Dad (lower right) and his crew back in the day Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 29, 2020 Preface: I must’ve been about thirteen or so. My family was still living in a fourth-floor walk-up. ...
The dog and the wolf, from the Book of Lambspring Sept. 16, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last month’s discussion of America’s magical history, we explored the 19th-century transformations of alchemy in ...
Sept. 2, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Back in July, when I realized there were five Wednesdays on that page of the calendar and I didn’t have anything lined up for the fifth, I asked my readers what they ...
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