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Alive! See A man Shrinking Before Your Very Eyes

Long before CGI, humans being menaced by giant creatures they had previously dwarfed had great cinematic allure.  In particular, the 1950’s were rife with science fiction films involving tiny creatures grown gigantic.  To wit:   YEAR             CREATURE(S)              TITLE 1954                 Ant                               Them! 1956                 Tarantula                       Tarantula 1957                 Scorpion                       The Black Scorpion 1957                 Grasshopper                 Beginning of …

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Letter to Washington Post on ‘The Wage Gap’

A Letter to Washington Post Work Advice Columnist Karla L. Miller About Recent Columns About “Underpaid Female Lifeguard” I sent the following open letter to Ms. Miller to allow for her to respond before I submitted this to A Voice for Men. Not totally surprising, she didn’t reply. _______________________________________________________ Dear Ms. Miller, I often read …

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Southern Oscillation

The phrase Southern Oscillation may not be familiar to many, especially those outside Australia. The Southern Oscillation is an atmospheric phenomenon in the South Pacific Ocean connected to the better-known El Niño. When the El Niño-Southern Oscillation is occurring Australia gets dryer while South America gets wetter. Both areas often suffer natural disasters – drought …

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