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L.S. “Butch” Mazzuca
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American Life

Adult Truths

I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history when you die. Has anyone ever successfully folded a fitted sheet? Bad decisions can make for some great stories There’s a very fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning....

Random Thoughts

If you're going to judge Donald Trump, judge him by what he does—not what he says. His blunt rhetoric and use of social media are tools of negotiation, not diplomacy. So far, his policies align closely with his campaign promises. No one paying attention should be...

A Disaster in Waiting

The 1985 Genplan Moskvy (General Plan of Moscow), often referred to as the Moscow Master Plan, was the former Soviet Union’s comprehensive urban plan for Moscow encompassing every public service from childcare to food outlets, to transportation to housing.  I’m not...

“…if you can keep it”

Once of the greatest smoke & mirrors acts of 21st century politics was the creation of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, commonly known as the Simpson-Bowles Commission.  President Barack Obama created the commission in 2010 with the...

Betrayal!

In 1964, John Stormer, a right-wing political hack, wrote a controversial book titled None Dare Call It Treason.   The book became a bestseller and is considered a defining work of American anti-communist literature from that era and a cultural artifact of its time. ...

Memorial Day

Today marks the unofficial kickoff of the summer season.  Warmer weather, the opening of pools around the country, the beginning of summer travel and a day that’s marked by outdoor activities and of course the summer-themed retail events.  But there’s a far more...

Situational Morality

Judd Garrett recently penned an incisive discrimination piece that really resonated with me, and I wanted to share my takeaway.  Most of us are products of our time and assume the prevailing morality.  But times change and morality becomes more fluid in certain...

Virtue Signaling

Psychologically speaking, people naturally want to be seen as being ‘good,’ and expressing public support for noble causes accomplishes that.  And while satisfying the basic human need for approval it also signals membership in the ‘good guy’ tribe.  And just as some...