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...that I've written are about growing up in Providence. One is a kick-boxing story about two brothers that I knew growing up. The other is sort of a political thriller that deals with the banking crisis that took place in Rhode Island. Any one of this could stir up a lot of shit in Rhode Island--and will. As if this didn...
...hopeful revivalism, a current of fear and pessimism lurks beneath the surface. Anti-Semitism and nationalism stir memories of pogroms past. ``It is still possible to be frightened,'' says Alla Gerber, a Jewish member of the Russian parliament. ``There is a feeling that we are guests who should leave on time.'' Berend, in Budapest, says there have been anti- Semitic overtones in recent election campaigns, such as the word zsido (Jew) scrawled on posters of the Liberal Democrats. ``Things seem good now,'' she says, ``but no one knows what will happen if the economy keeps going down and people start...
Beneath the surface, anti-Semitism and nationalism still stir memories of pogroms past
...these victims of the radio right have one thing in common, it's that they can talk up a storm. Now that all these victims but the President are at liberty, perhaps they could get behind the microphones and stir up a true debate between the right and the center-left. Or at least one hell of a shouting match. "This is Mario Cuomo, here to mix it up with the violent majority. Let's go to the phones...
Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, you will recall, are the very rich television producers (Designing Women, Evening Shade) who caused a stir during the early days of the Clinton Administration on account of their close friendship with the President and his wife and their constant presence at the White House. Washington has changed considerably since then: the Thomasons have been swept out of town (or at least out of sight) and the Republicans have swept in. All of which may have sharpened the Thomasons' sense of outrage but not their satirical skills...