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My Dad, the Mafia, and Machine Guns in the Kitchen | Mickey Z.

My Dad (lower right) and his crew back in the day Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 29, 2020 Preface: I must’ve been about thirteen or so. My family was still living in a fourth-floor walk-up. ...

Make Language Great Again (all words matter) | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 27, 2020 And the world looks just the same/And history ain't changed Because the banners, they are flown in the next war (“Won’t Get Fo ...

Everything You Know About Self-Defense is Wrong | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 25, 2020 To begin, let me clarify what “self-defense” means. I’ll do so by paraphrasing this from the Center for Anti-Violence Educatio ...

In These Divided States of America | Mickey Z.

(Meme found on Facebook) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 22, 2020 I diligently and happily stayed away from Facebook for years. But recently, I re-activated. I did so to increase fundraising ...

What RBG Taught Us About Justice | Mickey Z.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Photo from the collection of the Supreme Court of the United States Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 19, 2020 On Friday evening, Sept. 18, 2020, I was sitting at my desk, ...

Kenny’s Corolla | Mickey Z.

Pinterest screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 18, 2020 When you pass a stranger on the street, there’s no telling what unique talent they may possess. For example, they might be a wiza ...

The Puzzle Pieces Fit (a 9/11 story) | Mickey Z.

The two blue pillars of light provide a visual reminder of how the Twin Towers, destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, once stood above the city skyline. Photo credit: Associated Press Micke ...

Remembering the 9/11 Jumpers: When is a Suicide Not a Suicide? | Mickey Z.

screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 7, 2020 Discussions of suicide and violent death to follow. *** “The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of stories, you ...

The Other 9/11 (and That Time I Gave a Lecture at MIT) | Mickey Z.

Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 4, 2020 Preface: I’ve written (several times) about the “other 9/11” in 1973 Chile. I’ve also written once about my related MIT talk in 2003. To ...

Me and Bruce Springsteen | Mickey Z.

Image source: Bruce Springsteen's Instagram account Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 1, 2020 You could say I started writing this story a long, long time ago, but… the actual genesis of it reachin ...

Some Conspiracies Are Real (part 2): Iraq, Kuwait, and Imaginary Incubators | Mickey Z.

Image from TrueActivist.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 29, 2020 So far, the year 2020 has been sort of a grand unified compilation of centuries worth of conspiracies and theories. But I’m n ...