(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer) By Laurie Baron The outlook was optimistic for Clinton-Kane just yesterday. The polls showed leads of three points, but narrowing each day. When Comey concluded that she was not to blame. The voters who despised her had nothing to defame. The Donald was campaigning, appealing to white males. Spouting […]
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Remarkable Women of San Diego: Pioneers, Visionaries and Innovators by Hannah S. Cohen and Gloria G. Harris; History Press © 2016; ISBN 9781467-118262; 144 pages including index and bibliography, $21.90. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Divided into four time periods that begin in 1850, 1900, 1950 and 2000, this collection of biographical sketches honors
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — If Lawrence Garfinkle comes to your town, be wary! And be afraid. Be very afraid. Garfinkle, known to his fellow Wall Street stockbrokers as “Larry the Liquidator,” is known to be ruthless, relentless, and rich. When he comes to town you can be sure somebody’s struggling business is about to be “restructured.”
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“And we are governed with our mothers’ spirits. Our yoke and sufferance show us womanish.” –(Julius Caesar, Act 1, Sc 3) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Years ago, I had an artistic residency with a group of fourth graders doing a condensed version of Julius Caesar. I put to them this question: Who
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastHe’s famously been on the road for nearly thirty years. Now a gallery in London is showing some of the artwork of the surprise winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan, in an exhibition entitled ‘The Beaten Path’. The most iconic of American troubadours, Dylan is not only a singer-songwriter but has
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ghosts haunted the Belk Theater stage Sunday night during the concert by Bob Dylan and his band. Shades of all the other authors who have won the Nobel Prize for literature, challenging him to sing the complex and poetic lyrics that earned him the award this year. The spirit of Frank Sinatra,
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAWonder Woman is going to be a mommy again! Gal Gadot, who plays Diana Prince in “Batman v. Superman” and the upcoming “Justice League,” revealed on Sunday that she is expecting her second child with husband Yaron Versano. The Israeli actress made the announcement on Instagram by posting a picture of her and her husband
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast“Is the whole world insane?” Kate McKinnon played an exasperated Hillary Clinton in the cold open to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, incredulous at the prospect of holding just a slim lead over Donald Trump despite his unfitness for office. The show placed blame on the media in offering a sketch that mocked network television’s
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Did You Ever Have the Chance to Marry an American Multimillionaire? by Dora Klinova; DK Corporation; (c) 2016: ISBN 9781533-137852; 245 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This autobiographical work was fictionalized enough to be classified as a novel, but it closely follows author Dora Klinova’s own progress in San Diego in the
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Faithful by Alice Hoffman, Simon & Schuster, © 2016; ISBN 97814767-99209; 258 pages; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “Oh, oh,” I thought while reading the very dark and depressing first chapter. “This is going to be a very long book. Do I really want to expose myself to all this pain?” Thank
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonAt the end of Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film for which Susan Sarandon is probably most famous, the two titular characters drive off a cliff instead of surrendering to law enforcement. The decision is lethal, but principled. The film’s final frame shows their blue Ford Thunderbird flying with slow, deadly grace into the Grand
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — How far can you run from yourself? Playwright Ayad Akhtar gives us Amir, a man born in America to Pakistani Muslim parents. But he describes his heritage as “Indian” because Americans find it less threatening. Amir calls the Koran “one long hate-mail to humanity.” He felt that he
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIt’s surprising that till now no one has produced a thoughtful, detailed biography of Paul Simon. His songs have been a vivid part of the cultural landscape for two generations, and in many cases have installed themselves happily in our memories. More than that, his story is rich in struggle, ambition and rivalry, features that
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –This past week, I enjoyed watching some scary zombie movies on Hulu and Netflix; it’s a custom I have kept since I was a boy of seven or eight years old. Halloween was always a fun time for me as a child. Watching scary movies still remains
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