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Retire Already... Nobody Is Irreplaceable— Especially In Government Service
Too Old to Drive, But Still Running For Congress— Power Is a Hell Of A Drug! Nobody walks in L.A. But my 2009 Prius is sitting in my...

Howie Klein
Jul 277 min read
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Cancer Diaries: I Rang The Bell Today, Oh Boy
I could've changed into street clothes, but this was me right out of the tube-- with Roland and two techs who helped me for 2 weeks I...

Howie Klein
Jul 183 min read
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From The Taj Mahal And Eiffel Tower To Trump’s America: A Journey Into Small-Mindedness
Will Señor TACO’s New Border Wall Be A Ticket Booth? In 1969, I drove to— and then around— India, a journey that stretched across two...

Howie Klein
Jul 86 min read
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Last Infusion, Not Last Battle— 77, Still Fightin’
The Shadow Of A Crêpe De Marron…Or Maybe Some Nice Som Tom I haven’t felt anything from the cancer in my pancreas. I’m not going to bring...

Howie Klein
Jun 283 min read
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Trump Is Destroying The American National Brand Although— Not In Hungary, Israel Or Belarus
I had never been out of the country when I left home, hitched across the U.S. from Brooklyn to L.A. and stowed away on a ship that was...

Howie Klein
Jun 177 min read
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I Was Raised On Love And Socialism— Then Along Came Came Israel
Memory, Identity And The Collapse Of The Zionist Dream Abe's in the back with Michelle; me, mom, Jean and Fern in the front My mother...

Howie Klein
Jun 153 min read
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Cancer Diaries: Ten Years, At Best— Just Let Me Live Long Enough To Spit On Trump’s Grave
I’m 77— with pancreatic cancer. The chemotherapy has been hell for me, but worse for the tumor. I’m still very much alive; the tumor...

Howie Klein
Jun 35 min read
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When The Earth Moves Under Your Feet...
In 1969 I was in Istanbul, living in my VW camper, on my way to India. Istanbul was so exotic and the Sultanahmet district was seedy with...

Howie Klein
May 234 min read
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Where the Road Ended In Nuristan, Humanity Began— The Winter That Changed Me
Strangers, Lack Of Kindness And America’s Most Profound Shame You know that long skinny sliver of land that juts out of northeast...

Howie Klein
May 134 min read
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Privatization Has Always Been A Scam: Trump's And Musk’s Plan To Loot America
Disaster, Corruption And Inequality Are The Hallmarks Of Privatization I was the CEO of a division of TimeWarner at one time. I did my...

Howie Klein
Mar 316 min read
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Thinking About Leaving The Country Until Trump & MAGA Disappear? You Sure Aren't The Only One
I had a wonderful adventure when I was in my twenties and it helped shape the rest of my life. Nixon had been narrowly elected president...

Howie Klein
Mar 304 min read
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Cancer Diaries, IV— Worst Day Of My Life (So Far)
It shocked me when a new member of my health team mentioned to me in our first meeting that I should seriously consider if I was certain...

Howie Klein
Mar 93 min read
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Denise Is Going To Try To Make Something Of My Memoir Pages— So I’m Leaving Her Notes Like This
This One Is On Some Childhood Memories I have very few memories from before I became a man. Jews— even just cultural Jews— consider that...

Howie Klein
Jan 264 min read
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Those Who Defied Tyranny During World War II Were Their Countries' Heroes—It's Probably Our Turn Now
They Reelected Him Again— 77 Million This Time... We Have To Deal With It When Nixon was elected president over half a century ago, I...

Howie Klein
Jan 219 min read
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People In The Corporate World Who Don't Want To Be Woke Are Excited That They Can Revert To Dickism
Watch For A Spike Of Bad Behavior In The Workplace Long before I became a divisional president of a big multinational corporation, I was...

Howie Klein
Jan 155 min read
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How Foolish Is It For Successful Indian-Americans To Support the Republican Party?
They May Find Out Soon Enough By my senior year in college, all my professors were friends/customers. I didn’t have to wait around to...

Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20249 min read
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Will Creeping Political Realignment Even Impact Things As Fundamentally Personal As Eating Habits?
Yesterday, Nate Cohn mused about the new American politics that has come in Trump’s wake … which can even feels like it has been turned...

Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20246 min read
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Wow! Christmas Was Such A Different Thing Until Americans Commercialized It— But Not About Jesus
Christmas was an opportunity for drag I was never a big Christmas fan. I never liked ritual gift-giving for example and hate...

Howie Klein
Dec 25, 202410 min read
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What Do Tracy Chapman, Ed Sheeran, Phil Collins And Paul Simon Have In Common
Hint: This Post Isn't About Mansions Traci Park, Elon Musk-- yecchhh Have you ever been homeless? It’s no fun. When I first got out of...

Howie Klein
Dec 14, 20246 min read
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RFK, Jr Saturday, Part 2— Bernie Weighs The Pros And Cons
I Have Anti-Trump Friends Who Are Rooting For His RFK, Jr Pick In the mid-70s I lived in Amsterdam and much of my life centered on the...

Howie Klein
Dec 7, 20242 min read
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