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Remembering We Have Already Said Farewell: "Epilogue: To a Fire Gone" from "Breathing: American Sonnets"

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets" Bookshop.org, Credit: Susan Cook

An American Sonnet to those to whom we have said "Farewell".

Finding Moral Ground: The Limits of Logic and the Abstraction of Deitys in These Times

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: ...finding moral ground..., Credit: Susan J. Cook

Moral Development thinkers of the 1960's and 70's helped make sense of those polarized times. The "moral" twist of these times is often reduced to ...

Should Old Fish Stories Be Forgot? Auld Lang Syne lyrics for 2018

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "...Should old fish stories be forgot and never allowed to surface..., Credit: Susan Cook

To the tune from Auld Lang Syne - for the Great American Wrongbook- a musical tribute to say farewell to the past and anticipate a more visionary ...

We Won't Take That Away From You! In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning)

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: Climate change will make Florida much hotter..., Credit: Susan Cook

A musical tribute to a special soon-to-be-retiring Government Elected! George Gershwin might not mind if you sing this to his 1937 "They Can't Take...

Dept. of Poetic Justice tune: "Nate Silver's Been Counting All the Numbers..." sung to "It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas..."

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: There are race tracks that run horses daily...Picking ponies a good gig...", Credit: Susan Cook

A musical tribute to polling before Election Day! In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning) with lyrics for "The Great American Wrongboo...

The Kindness of Strangers: What Fools These Mortals Be

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: The kindness of strangers made NYC subway and Obamacare..., Credit: Susan Cook

There is not a single insurance company in the country that has gone out of business because of the ACA . They’ve created new alliances, to wit Op...

EP 13 Trump vs. Asia ?!

From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso

As President elect Trump orders China to cease "annexing" islands it claims as its own and cozies up to Taiwan, there seems now a real possibility ...

The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: Is Using Verbal Abuse to Drown Out Others a Violation of Freedom of Speech?

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook

Today’s sixty-second Moral Inquiry asks ‘What’s the difference between verbal abuse, which uses words to hold power over others by intimidating, th...

On Being Sane In Insane Places: A Citizen's Guide

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's study of imposters pretending to have psychiatric illness on psychiatric units have not been lost on the world of me...

Ode to Mr. Roubini's West Grand Lake Bass Update

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: There are experts that agree with you, Mr. Roubini, the Grand Lake Stream Guides., Credit: Susan Cook

In Maine, Bass fishing on West Grand Lake is a destination respite for many, including Mr. Nouriel Roubini, the legendary economist who was almost ...