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My Mother's Politics
"Despite all my mother's personal problems, she seemed to be more consumed with the ill world's problems[.]"
Obituaries
"A friend told me, that when her father retired, he would read the obituaries first thing every morning, and after he finished, and did not recognize any names, he would call out to his wife, 'Nobody died today'."
Kolot Project JLC
"As we begin the Hebrew year 5776, it got me to thinking about 1776."
I'm for Bernie
"It is December, 2015, eleven months before the presidential election."
Untitled
"For a lot of years—say from before the turn of the century (the 20th) until the 1960s—there was a group of remarkable Jewish labor leaders leading what was known as the Jewish unions." (Fragment)
How I Have Been Outsmarting Everybody
"Some time ago, I wrote a piece that I called 'We Are Outliving Our Bodies.'"
They Have to Have It
"These days, you can’t pick up a newspaper without coming across a story about some sexual transgression on the part of a prominent political figure."
Hats
"Recently, David and I were going to participate in a labor demonstration at Walmart, and I asked David if he wanted to wear a cap with the name of a union on it."
A Doctoral Candidate
"1951 was a very busy year for me."
Reunions
"I don’t know why, but I’m a sucker for reunions."