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72Hi, Friend; I've Got My Eye On You!
by William F. Torpey
It isn't until your brow begins to wrinkle with age that you realize how fast the news of the day becomes history. And, as an ancient expression goes, the older you get the faster the time goes. We were just kids during WW II. To a man, though, we were patriotic, almost jingoistic. published 4 months ago
63Congress: Keep a Lid on the IRS
by William F. Torpey
Even in America, it's a little scary to say anything critical of the dreaded IRS, a federal agency commonly known as the Internal Revenue Service. But I've done it before and here I do it again. As of now, somehow, I'm still a free man. published 2 months ago
66Game Raises Questions
by William F. Torpey
In August of 1986 a U.S. postal worker in Edmund, Okla., killed 15 colleagues. In the decade following incidents of "crazed mass violence" by postal workers took place at an alarming rate -- They even made a game about it! published 4 weeks ago
66George Orwell Revisited
by William F. Torpey
Big Brother seems to be breathing down my neck. I'm probably more paranoid than the next guy, but 1984 and George Orwell had it right. The police, the state of Connecticut and the IRS are all watching me -- and you! published 8 months ago
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