CURRENT WISDOM

...He and a traveling companion, Victor Amburgy, 31, a former letter carrier who also lives in San Francisco, posed as brothers to conceal the fact that they are homosexuals...

...Give the kids a head start with "Sesame Street" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog...

...June 29, 1985) SEPTEMBER 2005 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR 81...

...On the other hand, maybe He's punishing us because we haven't denounced evolution...

...FAYE ARRINGTON Asheville (June 8, 2005) Courtesy of non-dues paying "Friends of the Squirrel Society" member and AmSpec subscriber, Jim Norrington...

...She was a voracious reader and enjoyed intelligent discussions...

...I already have the press pass in my hot little hands...

...While in Cambridge, [N.W.] in-spired various musicians and aided the homeless at "the pit" in Harvard Square...

...She was 25...

...Born in Woods Hole, she was raised there and in Falmouth...

...Asheville Citizen-Times On the famed Letters to the Editor page of the Asheville C-T, an aspiring Al Gore speaks out: I am an animal lover...

...Jeb Bush...

...She was an active volunteer at the Cambridge Needle Exchange, where she advocated safe sex and the need for counseling to those who struggle with addiction...

...What if we spent as much on peace as we do on war...

...With the support and encouragement of folks like you, George W. Bush extended his rule for another four years...

...What if we gave peace the same Cabinet-level status as war...

...McCarty adds that the militiamen who guarded him particularly liked his olive-drab fatigue pants and tank-top shirts...

...Forget about it...

...Peace Academy, with free college-level education on par with West Point and Annapolis...

...On a recent Sunday I saw a little squirrel halfway across the road...

...The Shi'ites have a stern attitude toward homosexuality and, says McCarty, "Had they known, we could have been killed...

...As might have been predicted, Bush continues to lead the U.S...

...San Antonio Express-News Columnist Susan Ives reproduces the authentic sound of the 1972 Democratic Convention: Which brings us to the Department of Peace...

...July 9, 2005) From devoted AmSpec subscriber, J. Dudley...

...A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m...

...Richard Cohen...

...C U R R E N T W I S D O M The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Another gossipy tidbit reported in the cosmopolitan Morning Call: On June 17, 2005, in the state of Florida, the devil went to Tallahassee and spoke through the mouth of Gov...

...there's a touch of ethnocentric arrogance in not recognizing that the Shiite fundamentalists have their counterparts in this country...

...Ann Arbor News An eloquent advocate of Clifford the Big Red Dog speaks out: Are you guys sorry now...

...She later taught herself HTML and CSS computer programs that enabled her to become a moderator for the online community at MySpace.com...

...She earned a general education degree...

...No way...

...July 10, 2005) One AmSpec calendar is on its way into the "hot little hands"of Mr...

...It was her dream to become a drug and alcohol counselor...

...A driver approached and could have more than given the squirrel time to get out of danger, but no...

...and the cost of the bonds to pay off past military spending, we are projected to spend $789 billion for military projects in 2006...

...Along with her father and brother, she founded a co-ed sewing circle at her home...

...Raise the minimum wage...

...What if there was a U.S...

...July 3, 2005) Entry courtesy of N Oranczak of Catasauqua, PA...

...N.W.] is survived by her parents, [N.W.] and [N.W.] of Somerville, and two brothers, [NW] and [N.W.], both of Somerville...

...For Americans to think that this sort of thing is limited to the Shiites of Iran and Lebanon, or the Sunnis of the Sudan and Pakistan, is not only blind ethnocentrism but also dangerous...

...She was home-schooled by her parents prior to attending Waldorf School and local public schools...

...July 1, 2005) Courtesy of Brooks Hughes, "one of Ann Arbor's 32 Right-Wingers...

...The American Spectator Dept...

...That's 30.7 percent of the federal budget...

...901 Arlington, VA 22209 80 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR SEPTEMBER 2005 C U R R E N T W I S D O M The Flatlander A leading populist publication in historic Yolo County, California, captures perfectly the thoughts and sentiments ofDan Rather, unassisted by cannabis or colonic irrigation: Those who deny that the 2000 and 2004 elections were fixed are fooling themselves...

...of Current Wisdom 1611 N. Kent St., Ste...

...Their passions are not inexplicable...

...The mass media promotes the "culture of lies" with false advertising, exaggerated "reality" shows, selling the Iraq War and covering its human horror up by hiding the massive destruction of civilian populations...

...Freud and his insights on our behavior) and would, within the cultural context of the West, limit the rights of women...

...He hit the little squirrel...

...BE A SPECTATOR ACTIVIST...

...The story about the 2004 election fits this description...

...July 17, 1985) Washington Post Anthropological plumbings from Dr...

...N.W.] had a passion for bicycling that she put to good use during her brief career as a bike messenger...

...I am shocked at the speed of automobiles on the Blue Ridge Parkway and have reported same to the rangers...

...She penned and illustrated many zines and wrote poetry for herself and others...

...today at Alchemy Farm, Hatchville...

...She occasionally attended workshops, but her numerous artistic talents were mainly self-taught...

...Support embryonic stem cell research...

...Dennis Kucinich will propose it to Congress in September, and I'll be there when he does...

...The sad truth is that the people in the USA have come to accept and participate in what is "a culture of lies...

...The Defense Department budget is currently at about $500 billion...

...According to her family, [N.W.] found many kindred spirits and an out-let for her energy through the vibrant punk movement in Cambridge...

...If the Good Lord wanted to wipe out Alzheimer's and diabetes, he'd do it on his own—inspired only by our prayers...

...Liam Harvie of San Antonio, Texas...

...Summer 2005) Special thanks to "a friend" in Yolo County for keeping AmSpec abreast of the Black Helicopter theories beingpromoted in the Golden State...

...I jumped out hoping he was only dazed...

...I picked him up, trying to breathe air into his nostrils—his heart was still beating—yet he died in my arms before I got home...

...they are downright down home...

...At ayoungage, [N.W.] took a cross-country trip and ended up in San Francisco, but happily for her family, she returned home after five months...

...The Department of Peace was inspired by the theory that if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail...

...Here, too, there are those who denounce the secular state, call for abolishing the public schools, yearn for so-called traditional values, would make religion a prerequisite for true citizenship, reject the fruits of the intellect (Darwin and his insights on our origins...

...We are responsible for their welfare...

...down the path of greed and selfishness...

...She also participated in evening bicycle rides with SCUL, a bicycle legion...

...From the Archives Timeless Tosh From Current Wisdoms Past (September 1985): Time A note on style from San Francisco to Beirut: John McCarty, 40, San Francisco, restaurant manager...

...They thought that was real macho," says he...

...She spent her teen years living with various friends in Cape Cod, Boston and across the country...

...We now live in George Orwell's 1984 where Big Brother (the Government and Corporate Media) tell the Big Lie...

...Work harder and longer for less than $6 an hour—with no health benefits—and you'll soon be another American success story...

...Boston Herald (Obituaries) Fulsome evidence of the validity of that puckish observation by Plato (deceased) that "the philosophical life is a preparation for death"—names are withheld to protect the itinerant: [Name Withheld (NW)] of Somerville, died June 25 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge...

...If you throw in defense/civil pro-grams ($44.5 billion), Homeland Security ($33.3 billion), Veterans Affairs ($68.3 billion), State Department foreign military assistance ($4 billion), spending hidden within other departments, such as Justice, Energy and NASA...

...If you come across published non-sense worthy of submission for this page send it on to us at "Department of Current Wisdom," and if we agree and entomb it on this page we shall send you an AmSpec desk calendar, printed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in an authentic women-owned, union print shop...

...This indifference must end—they are God's creations...