Films that count: The Treasure of Sierra Madre

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By Pedro Blas Gonzalez Dr Pedro Blas Gonzalez is a writer and philosopher who holds a PhD in Philosophy. He has written five books: Human Existence as Radical Reality: Ortega y Gasset’s Philosophy of Subjectivity; Fragments: Essays in Subjectivity, Individuality and Autonomy; Ortega’s The Revolt of the Masses and the Triumph of the New Man; Unamuno: A Lyrical Essay and [...]

Lung Cancer and Life

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I   N    A  P  R  I  L   I was diagnosed with lung cancer when the doctors discovered a 4 cm adenocarcinoma on my left lung.  The good news is that I caught it early and that it originated and is confined to the lung. Monday, I completed the second of four courses of [...]

“Millions Stand Behind Him”

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ANTI-NAZI poster, denouncing the German industrialists’ support for the Nazis BACKGROUND: Here is a magazine cover designed by the German artist John Heartfield, a pioneer artist and socialist at heart, created in 1932 that showed his satirical approach against the Nazis who controlled Germany. He took a photo of Hitler saluting and combined it with [...]

GARY CORSERI—A Smeller for the Empire: Gimbling in the Wabe

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“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe….” –Lewis Carroll . “Enough for everyone; too much for none.” –Woof . Riff One My house is foreclosed on, my job is outsourced, and my wife runs away with a banker.  So…,I figure there’s nothing left to do but pack up the [...]