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Time to Retire My Old Work Laptop. Letting Go of It Is Another Story.

We’ve both been cranking out words since the beginning.

14h ago

Time to Retire My Old Work Laptop. Letting Go of It Is Another Story.

14h ago

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Are the Radical Progressive Left America’s “Deplorables” Now?

I know there have to be at least a dozen reasons why a majority of Americans voted for Donald Trump in last week’s presidential election…

Nov 13

Are the Radical Progressive Left America’s “Deplorables” Now?

Nov 13

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A Poem for My Wife on Her 65th Birthday

Sometimes I get the lotus flower Sometimes I get the cactus Sometimes I hit her tender spot Sometimes I need more practice

Nov 8

A Poem for My Wife on Her 65th Birthday

Nov 8

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Why This Election Is Different

When I was 21 — still the legal voting age back then — I cast my first ballot in the presidential election between Republican Richard…

Oct 17

Why This Election Is Different

Oct 17

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Fine People on Both Sides of the Conversation About Ta-Nehisi Coates’s New Book — Note So Much in…

Walter Cronkite must be turning over in his grave! What would he say if he knew that the management of CBS News — the monument to quality…

Oct 14

Fine People on Both Sides of the Conversation About Ta-Nehisi Coates’s New Book — Note So Much in…

Oct 14

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Eavesdropping in New York, №5: Finding My Voice in the FedEx Store

Sep 22

Eavesdropping in New York, №5: Finding My Voice in the FedEx Store

Sep 22

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Why Didn’t Tyreek Hill Listen to “The Talk”? Anatomy of an Avoidable Conflict

If you follow sports even casually, or if you read the newspaper or watch the news, you’re likely to be aware of the run-in that Miami…

Sep 13

Why Didn’t Tyreek Hill Listen to “The Talk”? Anatomy of an Avoidable Conflict

Sep 13

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My Favorite Quotes and What They Mean to Me

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Aug 28

My Favorite Quotes and What They Mean to Me

Aug 28

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And All That Jazz — Part 2: The Girl Who Was Born to Sing Scat

How does a 28-year-old acquire a taste for an odd form of singing that originated in the early 1900s, and then learn to excel at…

Jul 27

And All That Jazz — Part 2: The Girl Who Was Born to Sing Scat

Jul 27

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And All That Jazz — Part 1: The Boy With the Melodic Minor Scale in His Head

A unique combination and sequence of notes and chords form the magical language of jazz improvisation, enabling those fluent in it to…

Jun 30

And All That Jazz — Part 1: The Boy With the Melodic Minor Scale in His Head

Jun 30

Martin D. Hirsch

Martin D. Hirsch

Lapsed singer-songwriter, 35-year accidental company man, citizen of The Woodstock Nation, avid essayist, occasional poet, aspiring author, dogged evolutionary.

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