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One of the Hell Hawks Still Stands
Bob Russell is a distinguished man, the Florida Fly Boy, one of the heroic Hell Hawks. He is the subject of a short memoire I am writing; it will highlight his interesting life, including his WWII fighter pilot experience. This story mostly comes directly from Bob who is now 97. Family and friends add to…
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Get Fully Woke to Shakespeare
Shakespeare is everywhere. Given all his writing, the presentations and performances, all the studies and acknowledgements, the lives he touches, he is omnipresent. Yet he remains hard to pinpoint, an iconic enigma, unless you give him due diligence (a phrase he penned). And it’s hard as well to know details of the man’s life –…
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Crossing the Eight Mile Line – Michigan’s Best Versus Worst COVID Vaccine Rates
The stark differences in life north of Eight Mile (Oakland County) versus that to the south (down into Detroit) are infamous. Still, today’s Detroit Free Press articles regarding Michigan’s vaccine rates is another startling contrast between the haves and the have-nots. In Oakland County, 59.33% of residents 16 and older have gotten at least one…
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Perception Is NOT Reality – FULL STOP
Some stand by the old adage that perception is reality. This aphorism has never been true or factual, but it has long been used to influence and justify. It has no productive place in politics; we should not be swapping out democracy for alternate realities. Politely saying, FULL STOP. “Perception as reality” isn’t all bad.…
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New Rene Lichtman Paintings: Chance/Choice
The abstract form of Rene Lichtman paintings will be on fresh display commencing May 6th at the Lawrence Street Gallery, at 22620 Woodward Avenue in Ferndale, Michigan. Dubbed Chance/Choice, this exciting new series reflects the evolution of his work into geometry from Expressionistic roots. Lichtman says he is “somewhere in the middle; geometry, structure, with…
