Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Broken Promises, Stolen Lands: The Shame of the Trail of Tears

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This past weekend the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Duluth finished hosting an exhibit titled "Man's Inhumanity Towards Man...
Monday, March 31, 2025

The Gift of Pain: Dancing with the Unwelcome Messenger

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The following is a re-write (in my own words) of my brother Dr. Ron Newman's article, "Seeking Balance in Pain Management," wh...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Free Speech, Gag Rules and Lessons for Today

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Yesterday I was able to visit the Karpeles Manuscript Library in Duluth in order to catch the last day of its "Man's Inhumanity to ...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Seeking Fame? Have You Got the Right Stuff?

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The Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 launching John Glenn, the first America to orbit the earth. While sifting through notes from an old jour...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Exploring Daniel Botkin’s Visual Tribute to Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man

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I've been following Daniel Botkin's art for many years now, always impressed by one common denominator, his ability to surprise. Mr....
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Throwback Thursday: It Happens Every Spring

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It happens every spring. Baseball returns, a new season begins. Here's a blog post from April 2011 with a few memories about the game I...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

A Pearl of Strings: Notebook Excerpts, Part One

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In the early Nineties, when I was more single-mindedly devoted to writing fiction, I thought it might be usefl to sift through my previous y...