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Volume 4, Number 53, for the week of December 31, 2006 Observations on Current Events The year ends - Gerald Ford is gone, and so is Saddam Hussein, and so is James Brown. So eras end. But what's this with our new proxy war in Somalia? Some things just go on.
When the News Broke - Late Christmas Presents Noted in Passing - Gerald Ford From Beyond the Grave - No More Mister Nice Guy Notes on the Farce - The Man Who Hardly Matters Now is Gone Looking Back - What We Learned in 2006 I Feel Good - Remembering James Brown The International Desk The International Desk is dark this week. Guest Photography New York Winter (The Catskills) Southern California Photography This Town - Colors and Shapes on the Sunset Strip Characters - Leering Icons Botanicals Diversions Quotes for the Week: For the New Year Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas |
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Volume 4, Number 52, for the week of December 24, 2006 Observations on Current Events Dissent - Some Voices, Not Many Rethinking It All - Feckless Reassessments Portending Little Change The Real Christmas - Getting the Story Straight The International Desk The International Desk was dark this week. Southern California Photography Botanicals Diversions Quotes for the Week: Be Nice. Be Kind. Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas |
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In Volume 4, Number 51, for the week of December 17, 2006 Observations on Current Events The Annuls of Justice - Offered Without Comment Warning Signs - Something Is Up Christian Soldiers - Another Skirmish in the Losing Battle On Losing - What Is Acceptable and What Is Not Forcing Change - Dealing with the Self-Righteous Cultural Notes - Embracing the Homogenized Surreal The International Desk Our Man in Paris, Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis, is still in Manhattan. Until his new column arrives check out Times Square - Times Square is so Sweet! Southern California Photography
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Diversions Quotes for the Week: On Listening Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas
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In Volume 4, Number 50, for the week of December 19, 2006 Observations on Current Events The Odd Couple - Talking Trash to Look Good The Rise of the McCain-Lieberman Movement
Another Stormy Monday - Losing Your Bully John Bolton leaves the UN
Shedding Delusions - Reality, Such As It Is The Man Who Would Be Rumsfeld Speaks, and the Iraq Study Group Explains Things
Hope as Strategy - There's Got To Be a Morning After Something Will Happen Next
Management 101 - Systems Management and Self-Management The Real Lessons Learned The International Desk Our Man in Paris, Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis, is still in Manhattan. Until his new column arrives check out Times Square - Times Square is so Sweet! Guest Photography Off to Bayonne - December 5, the USS Intrepid in the Hudson River Southern California Photography Old California - The Noble Savage at the Electric Fountain Noted in Passing - Tall Ships Diversions Quotes for the Week: Denial and Delusion Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas
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Volume 4, Number 49, for the week of December 3, 2006 Observations on Current Events Word Traps - Human Experience Filtered and Mediated by Human Linguistic Constructions Assessing the Damage - Are We at the Bottom Yet? Diplomacy 101 - Trying New Things Is Always Awkward No Changes Ahead - Time to Blame Someone Suspecting Everyone - They've Got Your Number - Get Used to It The International Desk Our Man in Paris, Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis, is still in Manhattan. This week - Times Square, of course. Check out Times Square is so Sweet! Southern California Photography Beach Winter - We're Not in Kansas Anymore Christmas Coming - Santa as Voyeur, and more… End Times - No One Can Outrun Their Destiny Botanicals Diversions Quotes for the Week: December Arrives Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas
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Volume 4, Number 48, for the week of November 26, 2006 Observations on Current Events A short week, with the Thanksgiving holiday, but the issues are large... Iran Matters - Drumbeats in Los Angeles What Now? Go Big, Go Long, Go Home, or Punt? Reagan's Folly - Stuck in Holiday Traffic Disintegration - The End of Thanksgiving The International Desk Our Man in Paris is Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis, and he is on a trip - Thanksgiving in Manhattan, and a photo tour as he hits the odd record shops, in Does Anyone Here Speak English? Southern California Photography Serenity - The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
Diversions Quotes for the Week: Thanksgiving is so over... Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas
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In Volume 4, Number 47, for the week of November 19, 2006 Observations on Current Events The midterm elections are now very much over, so the question is, of course, now what? Voices of Reasonable Despair - We May Have No Choice but to Become French Levels of Effort - Echoes of the Past Tilting the War - The Day We Chose Sides Deep-Fried Issues - Notes from All Over The International Desk Our Man (not) in Paris - Hot Chocolate and Oatmeal Cures All Southern California Photography 1929 - Architectural Detailing 1953 - The Utilitarian Transformed Botanicals Christmas Coming (Hollywood Style) Diversions Quotes for the Week: Things Change Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas
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Volume 4, Number 46, for the week of November 12, 2006 Observations on Current Events The midterm elections and events surrounding them, in sequence - The Set-Up - The Big Event That Wasn't - The Death Sentence Sort of a Surprise - Don't Hang Up! The Day After - Fallout Consequences - Gloating and Recriminations - Agenda-Driven Hysterical Harrumphing Guest Photography Beach Democracy - Venice Beach on Election Day, 2006 (Bob Patterson) Fall in Georgia - Georgia Maples (Phillip Raines) The International Desk The desk was dark this week. Southern California Photography On Location - "Going My Way" (where they filmed it) Sunset on Sunset - Reflections and Long Light Rambling Around - It's 1958 in Hollywood Botanicals - Late Blooms Diversions Quotes for the Week: On Elections Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas
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Volume 4, Number 45, for the week of November 5, 2006 Observations on Current Events The End Game - A Pinched, Sour, Ugly Vision of America Levels of Seriousness - Political Halloween, a Retrospective Things Won't Change - It Has To Do with Both Momentum and Inertia Secondary News - The Stories Around the Edge of the Election Monster Where's the Surprise? - Everyone Expected Something Guest Photography Georgia Porches - Halloween in the South (from Phillip Raines) The International Desk Our Man in Paris - Sonny at the Zango (a jazz legend plays Paris) Southern California Photography Cold War Scorpion - The Russian Attack Submarine in Los Angeles Waters Landmark Architecture - The Long Beach Monster Architectural Note - Different Times Blast from the Past - A 1962 Corvair Monza Diversions Quotes for the Week: Busted! (On Hypocrisy) Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas |
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Volume 4, Number 44, for the week of October 29, 2006 Observations on Current Events Being in Charge - Leadership as Pathology Stuck on Stupid (… sometimes slang terms actually do explain things) Political Strategy - Going on the Offensive (… five political ploys) Reassurance Offered - Explaining That Things Will Be Fine (… the presidential press conference, and much more) Stepping Back - Notes on a Slow News Day (… trying to gain perspective) Guessing the Future (… just what will be the surprise?) A Diversion - An International Dialog Regarding Walls and Canadians and More Southern California Photography A Feel for the Place - Graphic Design and More Looking Rich - In the Land of Not Quite What It Seems Botanicals - Halloween Blooms (at the graves of dead celebrities) Dark Flowers (not exactly Baudelaire, but something of the sort) The International Desk Our Man in Paris - Enough Foolishness (and what is that Russian submarine doing in the middle of Paris?) Diversions Quotes for the Week: How Things Work Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas |
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Volume 4, Number 43, for the week of October 22, 2006 Observations on Current Events Precise Word Choice - Attending to Seemingly Useless Information Understanding America - In Defense of the Incomprehensible and Puerile Hollywood Prescience - When Movies Get Too Real (Three Silly Movies Ahead of Their Time) Gloom and Doom - Some Things Can Not Be Fixed Southern California Photography Botanicals - Guest Photography - Car Shows The International Desk Late Views - The Streets of Montparnasse Diversions Quotes for the Week: Making Adjustments Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas |
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Volume 4, Number 42, for the week of October 15, 2006 Observations on Current Events Big Doings Everywhere - Starting the Week Off With a Bang Heroes and Villains - It's Somebody Else's Fault Truth and Money - The Economics of Information - The Dialog Continues Bright Thinking - Why Are Unicorns Hollow? The International Desk Our Man in Paris is Ric Erickson, editor of MetropoleParis. This week is for the foodies who miss Paris, a walking tour of his rue Daguerre. It's Stinky Food Time Again. Southern California Photography Botanicals - Diversions Quotes for the Week: All These Troubles! Weird, Bizarre and Unusual: Even More from Our Friend in Texas |
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