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Cancer Diaries, IV— Worst Day Of My Life (So Far)
It shocked me when a new member of my health team mentioned to me in our first meeting that I should seriously consider if I was certain...
Howie Klein
Mar 93 min read
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Denise Is Going To Try To Make Something Of My Memoir Pages— So I’m Leaving Her Notes Like This
This One Is On Some Childhood Memories I have very few memories from before I became a man. Jews— even just cultural Jews— consider that...
Howie Klein
Jan 264 min read
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Those Who Defied Tyranny During World War II Were Their Countries' Heroes—It's Probably Our Turn Now
They Reelected Him Again— 77 Million This Time... We Have To Deal With It When Nixon was elected president over half a century ago, I...
Howie Klein
Jan 219 min read
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People In The Corporate World Who Don't Want To Be Woke Are Excited That They Can Revert To Dickism
Watch For A Spike Of Bad Behavior In The Workplace Long before I became a divisional president of a big multinational corporation, I was...
Howie Klein
Jan 155 min read
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How Foolish Is It For Successful Indian-Americans To Support the Republican Party?
They May Find Out Soon Enough By my senior year in college, all my professors were friends/customers. I didn’t have to wait around to...
Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20249 min read
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Will Creeping Political Realignment Even Impact Things As Fundamentally Personal As Eating Habits?
Yesterday, Nate Cohn mused about the new American politics that has come in Trump’s wake … which can even feels like it has been turned...
Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20246 min read
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Wow! Christmas Was Such A Different Thing Until Americans Commercialized It— But Not About Jesus
Christmas was an opportunity for drag I was never a big Christmas fan. I never liked ritual gift-giving for example and hate...
Howie Klein
Dec 25, 202410 min read
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What Do Tracy Chapman, Ed Sheeran, Phil Collins And Paul Simon Have In Common
Hint: This Post Isn't About Mansions Traci Park, Elon Musk-- yecchhh Have you ever been homeless? It’s no fun. When I first got out of...
Howie Klein
Dec 14, 20246 min read
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RFK, Jr Saturday, Part 2— Bernie Weighs The Pros And Cons
I Have Anti-Trump Friends Who Are Rooting For His RFK, Jr Pick In the mid-70s I lived in Amsterdam and much of my life centered on the...
Howie Klein
Dec 7, 20242 min read
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People Shouldn't Have Private Jets— Neither Should Corporations
Warner Bros has several private jets. When I ran Reprise Records, I could order one a day in advance and fly wherever I wanted go. I...
Howie Klein
Dec 6, 20245 min read
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I Made A Moroccan Seafood Stew For Thanksgiving— Here's How (Yep... A Recipe!)
I love Morocco. I started going there in 1969 and I’ve been back more than a dozen times. The charms that made Essaouira my favorite...
Howie Klein
Nov 29, 20244 min read
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Andy Paley Died Today... Rest In Peace, My Brother
I worked at a meditation center in Amsterdam for several years, the Kosmos. Mostly I worked in the restaurant but another one of the...
Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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How Utterly Devoid Of Good Sense Does Someone Have To Be To Want To Vote For RFK, Jr?
RFK, Jr Lost His Mind Long Ago At one point, it appeared that something like 5% of American voters were ready to cast their ballots for...
Howie Klein
Oct 27, 20244 min read
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To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest: Rebellion, Music And Personal Truth
Sometimes I Wonder If Everyone Is As Transgressive As I Am I wasn’t really a Bob Dylan early adapter. I missed the 1962 eponymous debut...
Howie Klein
Oct 19, 20245 min read
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Believe Me, I Didn't Want To Weigh In on The Student Protests— I Had No Choice; My Hand Was Forced
If you follow me on Threads, you may have seen, a couple of hours before sunrise, that I had noted that I'm so old that I heard the...
Howie Klein
Apr 24, 20245 min read
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Do You Have Some Favorite Dylan Lyrics? Tell Me Which Ones You Found Most Profound
Bob Dylan had already been putting records out for 3 years before I caught on. I missed his eponymous debut (early 1962) but years later...
Howie Klein
Apr 23, 202412 min read
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What's The Right Age To Stop Driving? That's Not A Question Almost Any Angelenos Want To Face
About 80% of Americans who buy new cars buy them on credit. I never bought a car on credit. Starting as a teenager, I always bought...
Howie Klein
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Senior Power Will Help Biden Defeat Trump Again— Perhaps Even In Florida!
Plus— DeSantis Overreach & High Insurance Rates Are Killing Support For The Anti-Woke Agenda When I was a teenager and in my twenties, I...
Howie Klein
Mar 9, 20247 min read
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Dehumanizing Whole Groups Of People Can Lead To Genocide And Genocide-Complacency
We Must Do What We Can To Make The Slaughter In Gaza End When I was a child, the source of the most unconditional love was my...
Howie Klein
Mar 4, 20245 min read
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Norman Davis, RIP
When I talk about my radio career, I usually mention that Chris Knab (Cosmo Topper) and I started the first punk rock radio show on a...
Howie Klein
Feb 29, 20247 min read
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