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Martin H. Levinson, PhD, New York University, is a past president of the Institute of General Semantics, book editor for ETC: A Review of General Semantics, and a contributing editor to The Satirist: America's Critical Most Journal. He has published 14 books and scores of articles on topics ranging from self-help fairy tales to social and historical analyses. He is currently a faculty member with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University, a teacher for the United Federation of Teachers’ Si Beagle Learning Program, which is located in New York City, and a lecturer on contemporary and historical topics for schools and public libraries.

Hello? Is Anybody There?

By Martin Levinson on April 11, 2020
Hello? Is Anybody There?customer service rep

by Martin H. Levinson

Thank you for calling the Social Security Administration. For English, press one; para Español, marque número dos; pour la français, presse trois; für deutsch, drücken sie vier, orfay igpay atinlay, esspray ivefay; для русского, нажмите шесть. Please listen carefully as our menu options have recently changed. If you know your party’s extension you may dial it at anytime during this sentence. If you wish to speak to the operator dial “O” but please keep in mind that wishes are only granted in fairy tales.

Hope Springs Eternal

By Martin Levinson on April 4, 2020

 by Martin H. Levinson I’m tired of hearing people bash President Trump over his handling of the coronavirus crisis. The fact is, Trump has been…

The Survival of the Fittest

By Martin Levinson on March 15, 2020

By Martin H. Levinson The coronavirus is killing people in Asia, Europe, and other places but that bug won’t get us because we’re too smart…

Taking a Shot at Loyalty

By Martin Levinson on November 18, 2019

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and he wouldn’t lose any…

To Be or Not to Be

By Martin Levinson on June 23, 2019

Op-Ed by Nitram Nosnivel With five conservative pro-life judges serving on the US Supreme Court it’s pretty much certain that Roe v. Wade will be…

Guns for One, Guns for All

By Martin Levinson on May 6, 2019

Gun control advocates think they’re slick when they quote statistics like more than 35,000 men, women, and children are killed each year by guns in…



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