In my not-so-humble opinion, the polarity between left and right in the USA has reached such extraordinary extremes that neither side can be relied on to report the facts with enough objectivity to even remotely resemble anything truly truthful. Personally, I’m on the left, but…for me, at least…truth and perspective are far more important than paying lip service to my leftist convictions. However repugnant the right side may be to me, I must acknowledge that if I go to their news sources, not the left side’s news sources’ selective reporting on them, and listen without immediately shutting down when I hear an opinion I don’t share, they do in fact have a perspective that isn’t any more full of lies and hyperbole than the left side’s news sources. I therefore highly recommend that anyone who shares my respect for the truth listen to both sides, id est don’t read the New York Times without also listening to what Fox News has to say about the same issue. I also highly recommend The Flip Side, which carefully presents a summation plus quotes from both left and right on any given topic, available here.
Craig Healing Springs (this excerpt from my memoirs is about aging)
See if you agree with the editor who, though he published other work of mine in the New York Times, rejected this piece. (Written long ago, it’s now part of Craig Healing Springs, the title I’ve given my memoirs.) THE GOLDEN YEARS When I moved to Long Island the first…
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Barnett Berger: For Losers
The poem below is by Barnett Berger. For Losers Quest for a vision The morning of awareness Dawn of the ocean The sweet, loving spaces of intimacy Whispered caresses Suntanned kisses Words calming and mirroring faith Now replaced by grunts Harmonic ostinatos Shouting through hollow bones Anger carrying stormy divisions…
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Out with the sold; in with the new…
…author’s edition of my horror novel, Twisted, with heartfelt thanks to all who have bought, read, and given the original conventionally published version five-star reviews. I think you’ll like this new version…much meaner and cleaner with new twists in the plot…even better. You can get it on Amazon (paperback or…
Read MoreBarnett Berger: A Poem In His Memory By A Friend Who Wished To Remain Anonymous
The poem below is by a friend of Barnett Berger, who wished to remain anonymous. I woke up to drifting clouds as Mother Nature came rolling in with lightning flashing throughout the sky. And as the birds departed from the crackling of thunder all around, the sun stayed hidden behind…
Read MoreFREE ebooks & audiobooks as of May 16, 2018
What would happen if advances in longevity kept Baby Boomers alive long enough to be used as guinea pigs to test interstellar travel? The latest addition to my rapidly growing, promotional collection of free ebooks and audiobooks is my Hugo-nominated sci fi novella: CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE EBOOK AND HERE FOR…
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