COUNTRY BOY
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I was born on a beautiful island, and therefore I am an Island Boy but I enjoy eclectic taste in music. Take this recording made over more than a half-century ago.
VOX POP
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Artist's rendering of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed 'Independence Arch' near the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
National Parks requests feedback for US taxpayers.
CITY ISLAND NYC
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New York City Island always sleeps and demands everyone to take it nice and easy by slowing down and driving at a lower rate of speed .
LOST AND AGING
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Who is and has always been the undisputed wannabe prince of total and complete denial?
President Denies He Pledged Not to Start New Wars
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/07/us/trump-news
AMERICAN 🇺🇸 YANKS
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Calling someone a Yankee can have multiple meanings depending on several factors. But every US citizen must cast a ballot to strengthen our democratic republic.
THE WHOLE MEGILLAH
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Here is a social-history essay. Its not that children had more freedom in the past, but that the old system relied on participating families, making it difficult to revive once it changed. This observation gives explanatory power beyond simple nostalgia.
NOTE: While using this expression, the standard spelling is “the whole megillah”, meaning “the whole story” or “the whole thing.” It fits the nostalgic tone well.
CUTTING NOTES
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The songs of this singing poet and political activist kept me grounded during my trips to El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador and Mexico.
US STRUGGLES
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Lest we forget: Just after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Fresh from a crucial California primary victory, he had vowed to heal the nation’s divisions. Coming only two months after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and five years after his brother’s, America lost another chance at a different future. We must remember that day and resolve never to let the future of our democracy be stolen again.
FATHER’S DAY
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The month of June marks the beginning of summer, and also the time to celebrate the dads and father figures in our lives on Father's Day.
NO SON OR DAD KINGS
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Not too wise, Bari and Larry. With help from his billionaire dad, and their GOP leader pal, the Ellisons have become the biggest studio moguls in history. capable of pulling it off, or turning it off helping his old vriend go further than ever controlling academia?