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Let’s cut back on the Shylock stuff Mr. President.
One version of Shylock
Shylock and Donald J. Trump
Apparently, the vastness of Donald J. Trump’s fiscal acumen (this is satire) stretches all the way from Citibank to the Merchant of Venice, the source of his use of the name “Shylock” to...
Finally, a safe assumption!
Ike and his beloved globe
If your mother says she loves you...
I know, I know, it’s another one of those journalism cliches that seems to have escaped from some dark newsroom after some rookie reporter screwed something up. (Guilty. I had...
Madigan’s Guitar Works
Taking Care!
Keep this thought in your head: Madigan’s Guitar Works.
Some things only happen a few times in your life. They bring your heart to life and open you up and let boundless spirit flow.
I am talking, of course, about owning a g...
President Donald Bonaparte
“Save My Soul from Evil, Lord...
“And heal this soldier’s heart,
I’ll trust in thee to keep me lord,
I’m done with Bonaparte.”
Mark Knopfler, 1999
Emperor Bonaparte as he wanted to be known.
It is kind of a stretch to draw a compariso...
A New Book set in a town near Gettysburg
Not Bud Lowes’ Barn, but you get the idea.
I have been working on “Bud Lowes’ Barn” for a year now. It is my third work of fiction. The other two, “Mine,” a mystery set in the coal fields of Pennsylvania in the Great Depression, and '‘Oper...
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Reporter, foreign correspondent, editor at all kinds of levels at the Chicago Tribune, college professor, author, musician, songwriter, dad and husband. Author of "MINE" at Charlesmadigan.com and writing Bingo War.
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