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Epitaph on a Tyrant

As I may have bragged about a few times before, I'm currently the occupant of W. H. Auden's old apartment in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, U.S.A. I've been reading more of him so I can channel his...

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More or Less

This song has been stuck in my head for the past six weeks. Like all my other fixations, I figured if I blogged about it maybe it would go away. Enjoy:...

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Binationalism

Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic was kind enough to cede a little bit of real estate on his blog for me to opine about the specter of binationalism, which is staring down Israel with a particular relentlessness. Here it is:...

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Tiverton

I Outside the men were drinking bottles by the fire and laughing. The women were inside drinking wine and saying, whatever it is they say, when we’re turned away. I saw you through the window beyond two orbits of...

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