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On Being Stoned (Not in a pleasant way)

I would have written this differently today, In the 1990's, when I wrote it, though, Americans still imagined they could float serenely above the human-kind conflicts of others. Part of the mood was caused by the circumstances of the time. But part arose from human nature -- nothing is easier to see than the absurdity of someone else's fight.
Anyway, the full essay was published on halfjew.com, and you can read it here.




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