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Dressing Up as Mister Rogers for Love’s Sake By Jay McDaniel Blog Post I am in a band, and on Halloween evening we played at one of my favorite restaurants in central Arkansas, Toad Suck Buck’s restaurant. Members of the band had an informal understanding that we mig…
Death of Novelist Robert Stone By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In his brilliant and troubling 1981 novel A Flag For Sunrise, Robert Stone wrote: "It's the worst thing in the world when people turn you around because you're something else than them." We can reme…
A Positive Look Ahead By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post There is a dark spirit alive in the consciousness and conversations of the American people. Although many participated in the women's marches and were elated by the turnout and the solidarity of tho…
America's Moment of Reckoning By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Dr. Cornel West is an author, social critic, and democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Prin…
Bob Dylan Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Bob Dylan has always impressed us with the lyrics to his songs. From his beginnings as a folk singer in 1961, he mixed folk songs with protest ballads. Critics have been amazed by the different styl…
Why We Enjoy Working So Hard By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In The Economist, Ryan Avent writes: "My work – the work we lucky few well-paid professionals do every day, as we co-operate with talented people while solving complex, interesting problems – is…
Words of 2020 By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post The deluge of events, the velocity of change, and the upheaval of our lives are mirrored in the language we use. Words, as a result, have both cultural and spiritual significance.
How to Avoid Polarization in Sports and Politics By Frederic Brussat Blog Post We don't attend many baseball games but we took some relatives to see a Yankees game. When someone in the crowd yelled in celebration of the opposing team, he was booed down and then pelted with a t…
Harry Chapin's America By Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post The first time I can remember musicians campaigning for a political candidate, the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary were in a small park in Indianapolis on behalf of Lyndon Johnson. I remember they sa…
FAQs about Immigrants By Frederic Brussat Blog Post According to a CNN.com report, gaining refugee status in the United States takes an average of 18 - 24 months and most of work is done abroad. This treasured designation involves screening by the U.…

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