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The Unabomber and the Poet

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

Fortunately, I don’t suffer from fears of serial killers. They come and they go from the news without my learning their names. But years ago one did fascinate me, that rare case covered by The Nation as well as the … Continue reading →

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The Family Tools (Christmas in a Log Cabin)

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

(A holiday tale first published in the late 1990s. Some of it is true.) The Unabomber and I had at least one trait in common. He hated Industrial Society so thoroughly that he never learned how to use tools well … Continue reading →

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