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Posts published by “Marilyn Davin”

All Rise

Well, it had to happen one day. After three jury trials, two as jury foreman, I was booted out of a jury pool last week…

My Muslim Mama’s Engagement, 1948

Selma sat in a corner of the big couch in her parents’ living room, hands folded neatly in her lap. Her father stood in front…

Sweet Sixteen…

I was peacefully sipping my second cup of coffee and cycling through the morning’s newspapers back in the day when my 16-year-old daughter strode into…

When You Can’t Fix The Big Things…

California, percentage-wise, has the most human beings living in poverty of all 50 states. Its economy is foundering as techies search ever more fruitlessly for…

Bonnie & Clyde, Redux

I suppose it was inevitable though it hadn’t happened to me even once in 72 years of life that included living, working, studying, or visiting…

When Older Isn’t Wiser

America's most enduring political figure now lives in slow motion. Hampered by bad hips, she walks at a glacial pace, usually gripping the arms of…

A Tale Of Two Windsors

One of the highlights of my mother’s life was when she saw Queen Elizabeth serenely glide by in her royal carriage, gloved hand awave, in…

Please Don’t Kill Me

Last year 4,007,908 teachers toiled in our nation’s public schools, 3,197,000 of them in California. The last few years have been rough on students nationwide,…

One Percenters’ Dirty Laundry

King Lear laments that “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.” He’s referring to his daughter Goneril in the…

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