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Writer & Historian

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Musings

Old People’s Socialist League

By Ron Verzuh

Socialism with hope . . . and good humor, too. Those who recall chuckling their way through John’s Sayles’s 1979 story The Anarchists’ Convention...
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Signs of Bad Times – Living in America Series

By Ron Verzuh

A scan of New York Times headlines for July 8, 2018, reveals several signs of deteriorating times. So much for mother’s milk The United States...
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Mad Man of B.C. Advertising – A Book Review

By Ron Verzuh

Robin Brunet, Let’s Get Frank: Canada’s Mad Man of Advertising(Madeira Park, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre, 2018), 232 pages, $29.95. Anyone who watched the award-winning...
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Why America Doesn’t Work – Living in America Series

By Ron Verzuh

We recently saw an Oregon Contemporary Theater production of Buried Child, the 1978 play about family dysfunction by the late American playwright and actor...
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Black Panther Revives 1960s Memories

By Ron Verzuh

Black Panther, the box office wonder of the moment, is garnering praise from many quarters and it deserves the kudos. . .for a super-hero...
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Africa

Robben Island. April 28, 2008. One day after Freedom Day. It fell on a Sunday this year, giving South Africans the Monday off. Getting to the island is harder than usual with the crowds of families flocking to the popular historical spot. They are enjoying a sunny annual national holiday that marks the day...
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