Author: DXO
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[JJ Letters] Epigraphs
Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy. –Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, 1946, Tradition #10 Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a Catholic University, founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, the Spiritans, and sustained …
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Letters to the Editor, Jack O’Neil, Sewickley
An experiment in hypertext enjambment annotating the full text of dozens of letters to the editor written by our father.
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GoogObits: Fish (George Elliott, 85, Dies; Warned of Planes Nearing Pearl Harbor)
Reading the obituaries has given me countless of unplanned, uncontrollable, unpredictable lessons born from the lives of those who died yesterday. Today, we get an old lesson: If it smells like a fish, and looks like a fish, and feels like a fish, it really could be a fish. George Elliott, 85, Dies; Warned of…
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Once Skeptical, Briton Sees Iraqi Success
December 24, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 23 — When Maj. Gen. Graeme Lamb, a 50-year-old Briton, arrived in June to lead the mainly European force controlling southeastern Iraq, he was skeptical, he said. He felt that “this is going to be a lot more difficult than we realized.” But as General…
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Cheerocracy
From the prescient film, "Bring It On" –DXO This is not a democracy, it’s a cheerocracy.