Tag: John Steinbeck

A friend wrote to me last night: I will tell you, Craig, I was so utterly horrified by the dolphin video (that she had shared on Facebook, re: Japan’s considering dolphins pests and slaughtering them wholesale) I doubt I will …

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It’s the birthday of John Steinbeck, whose gut-wrenching mid-20th Century novels shot through the American consciousness like  jagged bolts of lightning.   Joining with folk singers of the day, e.g., Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, Steinbeck awakened millions of Americans to …

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In response to my recent piece on mass transit, frequent contributor and very bright fellow Tim Kingston writes: I fully support mass transit within an urban area — subways, etc.  What I don’t support is intercity public transportation like the …

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