2016 Articles

Hillary

May 29th & June 1st 2016 I was going to start this article suggesting that I had sent an advance copy to Jerry Brown and it was the content therein that caused  him to cast his lot for the Clintons (I\’m sure a new reader-or-two might have believed this [thank you]).  But I didn\’t — […]

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The Think Tank

May 25, 2016 (Tyler\’s 24th!) As I contemplate Oliver 3 floating in his tank — and my wildest son\’s 24th birthday (with his genes he\’ll always be leaping out of the tank) — my thoughts again turn to being part of a think tank — where I can sit on my ass, or, as in

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The Trump Thang

May 1st and 7th and 11th, 14th & 17th 2016 I wanted to start my education series in this installment…but this Trump phenomenon is simply too frightening to leave under-annotated, and, I will have plenty of time to write this Summer while I am convalescing from double-hip replacement. The bigger the lie — the more

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Kobe

April 16, 2016               Before I get started with Kobe (I\’m trying to get this piece out before my beloved Times kicks theirs out in tomorrow\’s Sunday edition) — I need to make mention of an interesting dynamic concerning dedicated teachers who also like to write: to wit, my long-time correspondent and reality checker, Tami

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In Memoriam

March 27, 2016 This article is a first for me — as I will simultaneously publish it here in the Doctor\’s Inn and also on my Anachronism website in \”Scheff\’s Latest.\” This 2016 New Year has been a rather frightening one for musicians — prompting my producer (the Mighty Kahn) to suggest that if you

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The Revenant and Deadpool

March 3, 2016 I knew Leo was going to win the academy award for \”The Revenant\” because he got to follow in the footsteps of Richard Harris, who was cast as Hugh Glass in the 1971 movie entitled \”Man in the Wilderness\” — and Richard Harris, as you can well imagine, did a damned good

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Shame On You…

March 2, 2016 …Jerry Brown!  I am so happy that Steve Lopez has made the firing of coastal commissioner, Dr. Charles Lester, and the non-intervention by our allegedly environment-minded governor an axe to grind!  No let up Steve!!  I\’ve shared your columns on this matter with my sociology students in-the-hopes-that more voices and word processors

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Childhood\’s End II

January 4, 2016               Here is my first proffering of the New Year…               Readers of Arthur C. Clarke\’s Childhood\’s End know that the children of Earth came together in various groups and created a critical mass of energy allowing them to blow this joint!   I don\’t know if the recent TV mini-series addressed this

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