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Posts published by “Elaine Kendall”
A journalist and playwright, Elaine’s books of American cultural history were published by Little, Brown, Putnam and Capra; her plays by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus and Art Age. Musical plays are An American Cantata; The Would-be Diva; Isadora! and COLE and WILL: Together Again! Non-musical dramas are The Chameleon; Two Margarets; The Trial of Mata Hari and The Nominee. The “I” Word; Gun Show Follies and Secrets of the Showroom are short comedies. She has written for many national magazines; The New York Times and the LA Times. Current articles appear monthly in the aptly-named online journal The Satirist.
1980-1980 First job was working for a non-profit organization advocating legislation that would eliminate any sort of discrimination in all new housing projects. Builders would…
HOSTESS Welcome to Gun Mall USA! Don’t forget you’re entitled to fifteen minutes of free practice with every purchase! Our child care area is located…
When the 18th Amendment to the American Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, became law, what happened? A colossal epidemic of violence, corruption and…
First, check the back of your closet or a bureau drawer for something bought or given to you before 2015; the graduation wristwatch that merely…
If the President of the United States continues lying, Alec Baldwin made that Access Hollywood tape twelve years before he played Trump on SNL. Baldwin…
By Elaine Kendall 25 December 2017 The first slight waves of holiday guilt begin before Halloween, usually causing only a passing frisson or two of…
The president is revising the dictionary of the English language! Though he’s a man with three adjectives, two pronouns and few verbs, he’s made considerable…
TV commercials were always somewhat annoying, but never terrifying. They showed attractive young people at parties, drinking beer, gulping soft drinks, and singing the catchy…
Hillary Clinton Yes, Trump could be right. I do have a few Russian connections; dinner twice at the Russian Tea Room before it closed in…
The toll booths still stand forlornly at every parking lot entrance, with no one inside. The students and retirees who handed out your ticket when…
Choose A for Donald John Trump, B for Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather by Mario Puzo Answers appear below. A friend should always underestimate…
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