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The Persistence of U.S. Strategy, Anthony Fauci, and Limited Hangouts

August 7, 2026 Edward Curtin 17 Comments

The continuity of agenda from one American president to the next is striking. For media commentators to focus their attention on whether Fauci lied about the origins of Covid-19 is to miss the deeper issue, whether “accidently” or on purpose.

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Why The Odyssey?

July 27, 2026 Edward Curtin 8 Comments

If you spent one to two years when you were 16-17 years old and full of wild physical and sexual…

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Why Do We Love Sad Songs?

July 22, 2026 Edward Curtin 7 Comments

By Edward Curtin and Sophie Michel “A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it…

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Screwing in a Mirror While the World Smokes

July 15, 2026 Edward Curtin 4 Comments

We were screwing in a mirror when we realized our mistake. Since the handyman was unavailable, we had to do…

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Hoping with Paul Simon that the Gate Won’t Be Closed

July 4, 2026 Edward Curtin 10 Comments

They crowded the gate, anxious for entry. It was a heavenly late afternoon, the sky blue, the sun radiant, you…

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Fathers and Sons

June 20, 2026 Edward Curtin 5 Comments

“In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Early June. Dawn brings mist covered mountains…

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A Letter From Desolation Row

June 14, 2026 Edward Curtin 25 Comments

What I am going to say is not uplifting, so you can rip up this letter now if you want encouragement. The people whom I thought I knew never changed. They continue to believe the false premises that keep them smiling despite decades of facts to the contrary.

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Vanishing

May 31, 2026 Edward Curtin 4 Comments

Years ago when I was twenty-seven years-old and my father fifty-eight, we wandered around an off-beat section of a small…

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Memorial Day: The Glorification of War, Not War’s Victims

May 23, 2026 Edward Curtin 5 Comments

Although Memorial Day in the United Sates is ostensibly a day for honoring soldiers killed in wars, it is, rather,…

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There is a Time for Everything, Even No News That’s Fit to Print

May 20, 2026 Edward Curtin 4 Comments

Without having read the details and having no intention to do so, I am still wondering if The New York’s…

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