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Posts published by “Fred Gardner”

Vietnam G.I.

Vietnam, G.I. was a first-rate newspaper founded and edited by SP/5 Jeff Sharlet in January 1968. It was an almost-monthly tabloid. This piece is from the September 1968 issue. The last issue came out in…

Let’s Pretend the Truth Really Matters

Seen you in the supermarket you and Lily Tomlin got a big hit and leaning in for Hillary I ain't surprised not one little bit Jane like stalkin' my mind from time to time Can't…

Proverbs of My People

A man’s what he is, not what he used to be Never pray for a new king A job is fine but it takes too much time To be on a secret’s no blessing Proverbs…

Memories Are Made of This

Abolafia. That unusual surname on a mailing list of people who knew or claimed some connection to the late Paul Krassner triggered a memory of the easiest money I ever made (for my boss) as…

Memories Are Made of This

Abolafia. That unusual surname on a mailing list of people who knew or claimed some connection to the late Paul Krassner triggered a memory of the easiest money I ever made (for my boss) as…

Our Times: The Marvelous Mona Chalabi!

In May of this year Mona Chalabi won a Pulitzer Prize in the “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary” category for her contributions to the New York Times. According to an item in the Times (they always…

JFK Revisited

“...Was a matter of timing and the timing was right” –Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul A newly released documentary, “JFK: What the Doctors Saw,” irrefragably contradicts the Warren Commission’s finding that President John F. Kennedy…

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