Author Archives: Bill K.
The Cradle Of Insignificance
Being single much of my adult life, my vacations have always been more untraditional from that of most people. I wasn’t much for the Fort Lauderdale/Lake Havasu Spring Break set in college, opting instead to work as much as possible … Continue reading
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Final Curtains
Everyone knows how the First Act went: With the bloodiest war in the country’s history winding up in his win column, the President, his wife, Major Henry Rathbone, and his fiancé, Clara Harris, took their box seats at Ford’s Theater … Continue reading
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Hello Nasty
By the mid-fall of 1969, Spiro Agnew’s improbable Vice Presidency was—compared with the duties assigned his predecessors—turning to be very probable after all. After a campaign relegated to handle the talking points that the ticket needed to woo the lunch … Continue reading
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Vest Intentions
On October 28, 1893, shortly after giving the closing address at Chicago’s wildly successful Columbian Exposition, popular five-term Mayor Carter Harrison was shot to death in his home by erstwhile campaign supporter and self-styled single tax and rail safety advocate, … Continue reading
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Let’s Get Ready To Grummm-ble!
I didn’t imagine it possible, but I think he was considerably more statesmanlike when he was telling Senator Leahy to go fuck himself. For a man who spent the previous eight years lurking in the shadows, the former Vice President … Continue reading
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Buffoon For Thought
Well, nothing like having your life’s thesis eroded in a matter of months. I’ve devoted years of my life and owe the lion’s share of my four-figure fortune to one truism that I had studied to believe was unimpeachable: Our … Continue reading
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Hear Me Roar
I suppose looks are deceiving. My grandmother seemed harmless, but she used to lock my sisters in the basement if they screwed up their Acts of Contrition. And that was when she was in her bridge club and support hose … Continue reading
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Irasci-Bill
As much of an empathetic posture he managed to present, no one really expected him to spend his retirement building houses with Jimmy Carter, but after the bypass it was hard to see him chasing poon again. Elective office was … Continue reading
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“Old Gay Mayor He Ain’t What He Used To Be”*
When I was a child, I was cute and precocious and smart. I scored very high on all my early tests, and my parents and teachers loved me. When I was eight years old, I was cited by the police … Continue reading
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Vitter Harvest
The harder they come, the harder they fall. November 4th finished a profound housekeeping that was set in motion in March 2005 when former physician turned Senator Bill Frist diagnosed Terri Schiavo from the Senate floor (at the same time … Continue reading
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