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A Christmas Carol Revisited

A Christmas Carol Revisited: Analyzing George C. Scott’s Scrooge [This article was originally published on Hubpages in 2010 and eventually de-indexed.] An Excerpt from A Christmas Carol “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking … Continue reading

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What Makes a Welfare Mother: Another Song from The Debt Collector

The Debt Collector is a libertarian musical set in the 1980s about a family named the Larks, their landlady, Mrs. Hauser, their social worker, Siren, and, in the title role, Blood, the debt collector hired by the landlady. In the song … Continue reading

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Greater than Ourselves by Amnon Katz

Amnon Katz was a physicist, aerospace engineer, pilot, publisher, thinker, poet and essayist. At the time of his death in October of the year 2000, he held an endowed chair in aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama. For more … Continue reading

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