Category Archives: Humor/satire

American national character: MAD Magazine

“This theme is so prevalent, and so obvious, that even though you can see where I am going with it — and hate the inevitable conclusion — you aren’t going to dispute the core fact. You have to sit there … Continue reading

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AEYRheads

Until I came back from Eastern Europe I hadn’t often had to put up with a certain kind of person that infests the universities and intellectual circles of America and Western Europe. I refer to the kind of “progressive” intellectual … Continue reading

Posted in Humor/satire, Philosophy, Politics, Social Science & History | 5 Comments

How I became an expat writer

I’m a writer. That’s right, a writer. I write for publication and get paid for it. (Face it, without the money you’ll never really believe you’re a real writer.) God I love to introduce myself as a writer at parties. … Continue reading

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