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Meeting John Malkovich
The title of this piece should be “Driving John Malkovich,” because yours truly did just that. It was surreal, to say the least, because it happened while I was driving for Lyft.
I’m not easily impressed with celebrity—especially these days, when anyone with a phone has...
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James Gallagher provides editing services to Hunting for Thompson through his company, Castle Walls Editing. With more than twenty-five years of experience, James performs work for a variety of clients and is a member of ACES: The Society for Editing and the Editorial Freelancers Association. James also edited Red, White, and the Blues.
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Donald Trump is Willfully Killing Meat Packers
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A New Nomenclature for Facts—WTF?!
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(Editorial note: Retired Admiral Mike Mullen served the United States as the seventeenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Admiral Mullen penned "I...
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You'll remember from my article, “Has Anyone Here Seen My Old Friend”, that prior to launching this platform, I avoided social media like some...
A Blatant Billet-doux
Billet-doux /bilāˈdo͞o/ | noun: love letter; French: literally sweet letter.
You are gone now and there’s nothing I can do about it, except to coexist...
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I remember what I wrote and said about Donald J. Trump—I meant it! And I’ll stand by all of it until the bitter end....
