Monthly Archives: January 2015

Blasphemy

Posted on January 19, 2015 by

The murders at Charlie Hebdo continue to generate fears both in Europe and in America, so here’s a suggestion. I think the FM (f*cking morons–see previous blog) should inundate their newspapers and websites with insulting caricatures of the Pope, the … Continue reading →

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Charlie Hebdo and the BFMs

Posted on January 12, 2015 by

Here’s a new acronym, BFM, which you may feel free to use anytime people with guns attack others who are armed only with pens and pencils. BFM stands for Bunch of F*cking Morons, though you can substitute Fearful, Foul, Filthy, … Continue reading →

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Charlie Hebdo, Part 2

Posted on January 9, 2015 by

There’s nothing like Charlie Hebdo in the United States. The totally irreverent Parisian weekly that was attacked by terrorists and lost 10 of its editors, writers and cartoonists, has no peer on this side of the Atlantic. The Onion? Marginal, … Continue reading →

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Charlie Hebdo

Posted on January 8, 2015 by

When I was a kid I used to read Hara-Kiri, a French magazine as irreverent as its name implied. Hara Kiri became Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper slyly named after Charles de Gaulle, the French president whom it lambasted mercilessly. … Continue reading →

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Writing, 2014

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

Greeting a new year and closing out the preceding one is always bittersweet. There was never enough written or read; there are still too many ideas that haven’t had time to get developed–worthy, Great American Novel ideas that given half … Continue reading →

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