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...left out some influences. Howard Thurman,Primo Levi, Thomas Merton,Nelson Mandela,Tom Paine,June Jordan,Ceasar Chavez,Olivier Messiaen, Hans Urs Von Balthasar,James K Baxter,Kenneth Kaunda,Anna Akhmatova,Pasternak,Czeslaw Milosz,Seamus Heaney,Blind Willie Johnson,Rabbi Nachman, Rep. John Lewis,the sanest man in washington,and the finest,Martin Buber,Robert Coles,Camus...
I see the Mets are white hot approaching the Selig-inspired[is that an oxymoron?} inter-league play. The same people who like interleague play like the DH and World series games at night.Sigh. I simply loathe interleague play, who cares if the mets play the A's or Tigers [or vice versa}but only see the Dodgers,Cubs and Giants once each year! Lack of vision is everywhere,not just in politics.
Is it any wonder that kids numb themselves with caffeine and mindless,destructive,absurdly violent video games? Don't do drugs, kids, do this instead...heavy sigh...