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"Yesterday Is Gone" is Charles Binder's personal perspective about politics, art, science, health, the past, the present, and what will probably happen...now that Yesterday Is Gone.  
It's a quiet break in your noisy day...a little like what the English might call "Tea Time." But there are no short cuts...no tea bags. 
There are some smiles and even a few laughs. But it also packs a powerful punch. So be careful. Sip it and savor it. Don't try to just chug it down. 
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"Yesterday Is Gone" is Charles Binder's personal perspective about politics, art, science, health, the past, the present, and what will probably happen...now that Yesterday Is Gone. 
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"Yesterday Is Gone" is Charles Binder's personal perspective about politics, art, science, health, the past, the present, and what will probably happen...now that Yesterday Is Gone.  
It's a quiet break in your noisy day...a little like what the English might call "Tea Time." But there are no short cuts...no tea bags. 
There are some smiles and even a few laughs. But it also packs a powerful punch. So be careful. Sip it and savor it. Don't try to just chug it down. 
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<itunes:keywords>Charles Binder,politics, art, science, health, past, present, personal perspective, history, wine, yesterday, yesterday is gone, spoken word</itunes:keywords>

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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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    <title>It's All Irritating</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

    <itunes:subtitle>It's All Irritating</itunes:subtitle>

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Going out to eat has become a fiasco of body parts and absurdities.  Cheeks and Sea Urchins are being served everywhere now.  "When did food start getting weird?"  And pepper.  "They ask you if you want pepper on everything" – pancakes to ice cream.  "White pepper versus black pepper – I don't even know what white pepper is," says Charles.  
Then there's bottled water. "They now have water lists in restaurants.  For eight dollars, you can get a bottle of water from France that's been shipped here in a tanker and bottled on Staten Island."  We're not talkin' spring water here.  
"I'm a ballet fan", Charles says, but there are so many irritations that can distract from the performance.  "I was sitting next to this woman and she was wearing a gallon of perfume.  You can't catch your breath near these people."  
Then you have the people who cough, adding to that rudeness by opening candy wrappers, but slowly in an attempt to be quiet which just prolongs the noise of the crackling cellophane. Take this cacophony and insert the distraction of the flying thumbs of people text-messaging on their cell phones.  
Why do some people even bother going to the theatre?  They haven't a clue why they're there and they've thrown away a couple of hundred dollars to do in a public space what they could better do at home for free.  
But even on the stage there were irritations, such as visible tattoos on the dancers, both male and female, which had nothing to do with the roles they were performing or the context of the story. "It's very irritating," Charles thinks.  
But people's names also drive him crazy.  You can't tell anyone's gender by their name anymore. "I like traditional names and there aren't many today.  They're all crazy names."  But everything has become more complicated.  
It's all irritating!
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    <itunes:duration>25:40</itunes:duration>

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    <title>A Range of Irritations</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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The Lone Ranger has always been Charles' "inspiration".  And although he has never been on a horse, or even touched a horse, he does care about the lack of humanity in the racing industry and the cruelty to the horses bred for this profession.  
It wasn't always this way, but "horses are now being bred for a high ratio of muscle to a low ratio of leg bone – so ultimately, they're being bred to die," he says.  Owners and trainers are also forcing these horses to race at a younger age before their bones and muscles are fully developed and getting away with injecting them with large doses of drugs to compensate for their underdevelopment and speed flaws.  
"It would certainly be better for the horses if the owners were not allowed to race them until they were at least four years old."  
From this inhumane irritation to one of stupidity and pollution:  "There are few things worse than bottled water," Charles insists.  "Some bottled water is just filtered tap water from Hoboken."  And the plastic bottles it comes in doesn't exactly fall into the intelligent-solution-to-pollution category.  
And speaking of intelligent, isn't it time we got smart about the inconsistencies of petty security tactics?  Not to mention the "mean-spirited people at the airports" who take themselves too seriously "over the ridiculous ounce limit of liquids, etc."  
If you're concerned about the quality of your life, try exercising.  Charles knows "there are simple things you can do to make yourself healthier" on a daily basis: biking or walking to work will, over time, make a big difference; walking up and down the stairs whenever possible; if you must drive, park further away from your destination and walk.  
"I hate gyms," says Charles, "they're indoors and you want to be outdoors."  Hear, hear!
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    <itunes:duration>36:53</itunes:duration>

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    <title>Haiti: Unnecessary Poverty and U.S. Medical Records: Necessary Privacy</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

    <itunes:subtitle>Haiti: Unnecessary Poverty and U.S. Medical Records: Necessary Privacy</itunes:subtitle>

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"Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas," says Charles, "the most impoverished place in the world."  Something needs to be done about this.  
Here we are in Iraq "for no reason except Bush wants us there."  We're spending "5 billion dollars a day in Iraq" and accomplishing nothing.  
We could spend one fifth of that a year in Haiti, and transform the lives of her citizens. "They're pro-American and have a long tradition of democracy." "They want to be allies", Charles says.  
"There's no reason why we can't do something to make Haiti better."  There is so little food there that people are making and eating "dirt cookies".  People are burning all the trees for fuel which is destroying the land for growing crops and devastating the environment.  
Life expectancy is only 52 with the average Haitian earning $1 a day and more than a 50% unemployment rate.   People are starving in Haiti, "they are dying of malnutrition."  
Charles thinks that "U.S. Foreign Policy should do something decent for a change.  We should stand for something, and standing for democracy and helping people who are impoverished is a good foreign policy."  
We should send the Peace Corps, Doctors Without Borders, food and supplies, and other volunteers to help these people get their lives back to a level of good health and dignity.  It would also be a way to put a major dent in the drug trade coming from Haiti, and "to show that the U.S." can be "a country of principles, beliefs and charity."  
Speaking of the U.S., we're now in an age where our entire history of medical records can be put on a chip that can be installed on a card or into the human body.  The process has already begun.  
Technology is getting way ahead of our understanding of possible consequences and our privacy is seriously at risk.
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    <itunes:duration>36:54</itunes:duration>

    <itunes:keywords>Haiti, Iraq, Peace Corps, Charles Binder</itunes:keywords>

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    <title>Not the Good Old Days: Charles as a Legal Aide Attorney</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

    <itunes:subtitle>Not the Good Old Days: Charles as a Legal Aide Attorney</itunes:subtitle>

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Charles began his legal career as a Legal Aid Attorney for the City of New York.  Join him on a skip down memory lane through the trials and tribulations of defending the criminal poor in a major metropolis.  
The audacious, stupid and insane behavior of some of his clients could have been torn from the pages of Shakespeare or likened to the Marx Brothers.  But most crimes, Charles says, "are bad guys killing bad guys."  And even though you know your client is guilty, "you must do your best . . . . they deserve the same defense as a wealthy guy".  
He tells stories of dealing with murderers, drug dealers, prostitutes and mothers who kill their children.  Yet, in every drama, there is humor -- and the antics during the bus ride out to Riker's Island to visit a client are right out of a scene in a Preston Sturges film. 
Scene: The lawyer, in a suit, sits as close to the bus driver as possible.  Sitting directly behind him are the middle-aged, religious, salt-of-the-earth mothers, reading or knitting as they ride out to see their good-for-nothing sons.  Behind them are the teenage and 20-something girlfriends/wives with all their sundry kids.  And lastly, are the male friends and family members sitting at the back of the bus smoking pot.  
The bus is lively with talking, kids shouting, potheads laughing and mother's at the front ignoring everything while the lawyer looks nervous and the bus driver is just doing his job: driving the bus.  
Soon there's a haze of smoke so thick you can't see out the windows.  The mothers start to cough, the lawyer's eyes burn and tear, and the bus driver is just doing his job: driving the bus.  
Suddenly, some of the women discover they are going to visit the same boyfriend/husband.  Emotions explode and chaos ensues.  The women scream, shout obscenities and pull each other's hair; kids throw things and run up and down the aisles; guys at the back are too stoned to care; the lawyer is wheezing from the smoke; and the bus driver is just doing his job: driving the bus.
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    <itunes:duration>36:40</itunes:duration>

    <itunes:keywords>Office politics, seniority, office, Charles Binder</itunes:keywords>

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    <title>Office Politics: Funny, Insane, Stressful</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      Office politics can be "fun to observe", Charles says, but not fun when you're part of them.  Everyone tries to get close to the boss – we know it as "sucking up".  
      Charles says, "people will also manipulate you by trying to make you feel sorry for them" and you just want them to go away.  A lot of people try getting ahead by being a sycophant and -- it works.  
      Although pecking order mostly depends on seniority, it also has to do with getting attention.  Which brings us to the dress code, "the biggest problem in an office", Charles thinks.  
      Everything is much more casual that it used to be, but now you're not only dealing with what's being worn but how it's presented.  You have piercings and tattoos and clothing that's too skimpy or too tight, which is particularly tacky when it's worn by women who are too heavy.  "Women are wearing less and less to the office" says Charles, "and it's becoming more and more acceptable."  
      We all know about the year of the dragon and the year of the rat.  Well, this year seems to be "the year of the breast."  And then, there are those inter-office relationships . . . .
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    <itunes:duration>36:18</itunes:duration>

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    <title>Personal Quirks, Rituals and Drinking Wine</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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Charles is a night person.  Living in a large city, he finds it the quietest and "best time to think".  So, naturally, he hates the morning.  
Don't talk to Charles before he has breakfast, and that won't be anytime early.  He doesn't workout early either.  "I like being outdoors" he says.  
He doesn't like health clubs because "they're unhealthy" and they've become "pick-up" joints.  "I find them really obnoxious, he says."  
Charles runs in Central Park, but "I have to do all my exercises in a particular way and in a particular order."  He even puts his shoes on in a particular way.  "Otherwise, it feels awkward," he says.  
Having nothing to do with running, but did you know that wine has legs?  Charles got the wine "bug" when he was thirteen and never got over it.  
He's an expert on wine who admits that the ritual of "sniffing the cork is stupid.  You should sniff the wine in the glass.  It should taste as it smells.  Most of your taste buds are in your nose."  If it smells sour, it will be sour.  
Another goofy ritual is having your wine "decanted" – it causes the wine to oxidize more quickly.  And Charles says, don't worry about what wine does with what food.  "You don't have to listen to the rules, just pick what you want."  
Don't waste your time with guys who are "pretentious wine geeks".  You'll have more fun drinking wine with women.  And, if Charles were stuck on a desert isle and could only have one wine --  what would it be?
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    <itunes:duration>36:58</itunes:duration>

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    <title>Women in Politics, Race and the Brilliance of Barrack Obama</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      Of the recent media obtuseness regarding the décolletage of Hillary's dress, Charles says, "It astonishes me that she has to put up with this sort of stupid belittlement that you couldn't imagine a male putting up with."  
      Even at the Iowa caucus, the media was discussing whether Hillary was showing "too much".  "Don't they care what she thinks?" Charles wonders.  
      The media deals with male and female politicians differently in this country, focusing on the trivial for women and treating men with more dignity.  The rest of the Western World is way ahead of us in their attitude and intelligence regarding the capabilities of women.  
      Margaret Thatcher was referred to as the "iron maiden" and Scandinavian countries have led the world in female leaders for years.  These countries are fairly "un-religious" and Charles thinks that "countries that are religious tend to suppress women."  They make it clear that they believe "women are second class citizens."  
      Even with race as an issue, Charles thinks it's more difficult for women because of their gender.  Shirley Chisholm, a former Congresswoman from New York, said she was held back much more for being a woman than she was for being black.  But being male and black also has its difficulties.  "In this country" Charles says, "we have a horrible heritage of race" discrimination.  
      Perhaps the brilliance and uniqueness of Barack Obama can finally break through that barrier, on the highest political level, and truly move us forward into the 21st Century.
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    <title>Females, Girls, Women, Ladies: 1943 Hiring Guidelines and the Confusion Now</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

    <itunes:subtitle>Females, Girls, Women, Ladies: 1943 Hiring Guidelines and the Confusion Now</itunes:subtitle>

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     In 1943, the July issue of Transportation Magazine published a list of guidelines for men who were hiring women.  This was the age of Rosie the Riveter, factory jobs, office jobs and any jobs where women were hired to replace the men who went to war.  
     The job they did on the home front was as crucial and honorable as the job both they and men did on the war front. Yet, the "guidelines" (now laughable) demonstrate just how misunderstood women were then and brings to mind just how confused men are now in their relationships with women (not girls and boys, but men and women).  
     Charles discusses the old guidelines with an eye on today.  Have we really "come a long way, baby?"
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    <title>A Hooker By Any Other Name</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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 Charles lives next door to a building being used for, what some would refer to as, nefarious purposes: "professional" sex.  These prostitutes are good neighbors, though; they're quiet, they keep to themselves, and their clients are wealthy, so there's an element of "class" (if the words "prostitute" and "class" can be used in the same sentence).  
 Early in his career, Charles used to defend "street hookers" and he says they are the "lowest form of life" imaginable.  But his well-behaved neighbors are at the other end of the spectrum and can easily charge (as opposed to "earn", which is objective) $1000 an hour for their services.  
 "How does a person end up as a $1000 an hour hooker?" Charles asks.  Is it talent? A natural gift?  Do they work their way up through training and experience?  Is someone, somewhere, offering an MFA in prostitution?  Then how does a hooker end up earning more per hour than a doctor or lawyer?  And why, when their famous "john" is caught, do they get more media attention than casualties of war or a peace treaty?
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    <title>Phony Family Values, Clean Water, Gone Forever? and the Devastation of PDSD</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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 "Family values are phony values" says Charles, and "every politician who goes around for family values" it's preaching one thing and living another.  "You can't be a politician" and be flawlessly "moral, because it doesn't fit in the real world."  
 Bush, particularly, has abused the family values mantra and under this guise, "his main accomplishment in the world is that he has legitimized terror and legitimized torture."  Furthermore, the disgrace of his administration is reflected in his ignorance and indifference to the environment.  
 In 1798, when Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, he was simply referring to salty sea water with his famous line, "Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink."  But today, this line can easily refer to all the water left on the planet. 
 Our water supply is not only endangered from pollution but also from extravagant use.  "Golf courses" Charles says, are one of the "biggest draws on water".  And if you think you're drinking something purer with bottled water, think again.  
 From one Bush disgrace to another, the war in Iraq, which was waged without provocation, is returning young men and women to their families with a greater percentage of brain injuries than ever before recorded.  
 "Concussion syndrome and post dramatic stress disorder is becoming a scourge on the soldiers", says Charles, and they're returning with serious emotional problems that most insurance companies refuse to recognize.  Insurance companies – another disgrace?
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    <title>The Energy of (Sexual) Chemistry and the Chemistry of (Clean) Energy – Both Very Complicated</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

    <itunes:subtitle>The Energy of (Sexual) Chemistry and the Chemistry of (Clean) Energy – Both Very Complicated</itunes:subtitle>

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 Humans are animals – literally.  We're mammals.  And although we try to rise above that natural connection, we inevitably prove our close relation through similar mating habits.  We may primp and carefully prepare the visual and aural enticement but ultimately, it comes down to an unconscious and often chemical attraction. 
 Charles thinks "chemical relationships are wonderful" but they're really not good for you – they're "exotic" and "overwhelming" and sometimes "just plain stupid".  And speaking of stupid, why is it that the United States has absolutely "no plan at all" to create and support an intelligent energy program to fight Global Warming and simultaneously free us from our dependence on Middle Eastern oil?  
 "Leadership in this country is negligible" Charles says.  "The amount of incompetence is amazing".
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    <title>Nixon, Lieberman, Nader - Phooey and &quot;Ma, what's for supper?&quot;</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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     Bumper sticker:  I thought I'd never miss Nixon.  Although it made him laugh, seeing this reminded Charles of just how much he hates Nixon.  As far as he's concerned, "Nixon is a four letter word" who also represents a four letter word: "evil".  Unlike Joe Lieberman, Independent Senator from Connecticut, and former VP Candidate with Al Gore who Charles used to admire because he presented himself as a man of ideas and purpose who then turned out to be just another self-serving politician who Charles now "intensely dislikes".  
     A runner up in that category is Ralph Nader who, right out of law school, Charles used to work for in public health.  He's a "complete hermit and a very odd duck . . . very cerebral, very alone, very isolated and that's the way he lives." But he's on Charles' "intensely dislikes" list because he's running for President yet again and could, as he did during the Bush campaign, be the catalyst for the country getting stuck with the 2nd worst environmental President we've ever had. "He's running for the sole purpose of satisfying his ego and to cause as much damage to the country as he can."  
     Speaking of the environment: what's actually left on this planet that's natural, healthy and safe to eat?  The answer could be "nothing".  We're destroying our food supply through manipulation and pollution and soon the words "natural", "healthy" and "safe" will have lost their meaning.
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    <title>The Biggest Political Losers: Did someone say Bush?</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      When the President of the US is one of the biggest political losers in the history of the country, you know you're in trouble. G. W. Bush's qualifications to run for President, Charles says, are that he "had a two-year part-time job as governor and owned the Texas Rangers . . . It's hard to imagine anything in the present administration that isn't a disgrace."  
      Charles thinks Bush has no substance whatsoever and is "one of the worst Presidents of all time", who has allowed himself to be manipulated by Dick Cheney and Carl Rove, the "evil" connivers.  
      Cheney is an "enormous loser" who, as VP of the USA, "no one thinks for a minute should be President".  And, he thinks Condoleezza Rice is a loser because she's had "no influence whatsoever in the Bush Administration."  
      Colin Powell was an American hero who "could have been President" Charles thinks, but "he lied to the public" and went to war based on that lie.  
      Other big political losers for Charles are: Mit Romney, "but he has terrific hair"; Jeb Bush, the "biggest loser of all"; George Pataki, who "couldn't raise any money to run for President"; Elliot Spitzer "threw his career away"; Fred Thompson, a "far right loon" with "no great principles" whose "bimbette spouse" wanted to be First Lady.  
      Ahhh . . . politicians – what greater fodder for humor and folly for humanity.
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    <title>Political Losers and More Political Losers</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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  With the impending Presidential Election, Charles considers some politicians who don't quite make the grade:  Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Mike Bloomberg, Mark Warner, Bill Richardson.  Find out why Charles thinks they have gotten in their own way politically (or in the way of others, as in the case of Bill for Hillary).  

  Of course, then there's Jimmy Breslin and Norman Mailer who, during a drunken stupor, decided to run for mayor of New York City and ended up running a serious campaign.  

  But politicians need campaign financing, so someone created "bundle parties" which only differ from "payola" in that "they are legal".  Charles thinks bundle parties are just "influence peddling" but a "great source of income for candidates".  Yet, some candidates don't need them.  Find out who – and why.
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    <title>Revolution to Abortion: The Fight for a Right</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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"What makes people revolutionaries? How does this affect the world today?  And, which way is the weather blowing?"  These questions were prompted by Charles' recent attendance of a Broadway performance of Rock 'n Roll.  Written by Tom Stoppard, this play revolves around the Czech Revolution of 1967-68 and the influence of rock 'n roll on the ideas of freedom and change.  Tom Stoppard is a "brilliant playwright", Charles thinks, who writes "highly intellectual speeches" in his complicated, philosophical, often historical plays.  
The Czech Revolution of the '60s corresponded to a Freedom Movement in the USA and the irony of violence in the name of freedom.  The Weathermen were one group who represented that violence.  They were "a group of loons who decided they were going to change the world in some way", Charles says.  As the fight for freedom can be violent, so too, can be the fight for the "right to choose".  
Abortion is an emotional issue that now has the five votes needed in the Supreme Court to be abolished, "which would be a disgrace" says Charles.  Yet medical technology is catching up, and the "abortion pill" may soon preclude the need for an "abortion procedure", allowing this issue to become a private one.
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    <title>The Civil Rights Bill, the Iraq War and being American</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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Charles talks about the "greatness" of Martin Luther King, Jr., the "terrific" political leadership of Lyndon Johnson (even if he was a "mean, rotten guy in private life") and who was really responsible for the passing of the Civil Rights Bill.  He talks about the idiocy of people fighting over the past and has coined the phrase, "heroic revisionism" to refer to someone who revises the past (in their own mind) to conveniently fit their ideology and zealous admiration of an historical prominent figure.  Convenient thinking could be attributed to the Bush administration as their method used to manipulate the American people into supporting the war in Iraq out of fear and hatred.  Charles thinks, "the Iraq war is just stupid" and there really is no justification for it.  Does the war influence our attitude toward immigrants?  Can an immigrant learn English and become an American and still keep their own language and culture? 
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    <title>Crime, Criminals and Appropriate Punishment</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      For several years, Charles was a criminal defense attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Manhattan.  As a Public Defender, his cases involved prostitution, pornography, drugs and murder.  What's the right sentence for a crime?  Charles' experience revealed that punishment is often disproportionate to the crime.  He admits that "some bad guys are just bad guys" and cannot be reformed.  But others simply get caught up in the legal bureaucracy that does not allow for the individuality of defendants, their circumstances or often the actual facts of a case.
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    <title>Men's Toys, Baseball and Non-polluting Transportation</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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 Charles, who has a basement full of "toys", reflects on his New York City childhood playing cookie-jar-lid Frisbee and flag football which, of course, brings to mind the co-ed college sport, Ultimate Frisbee, and the world-wide resurgence of the Hoola-hoop.  Did someone say baseball?  Yes, Charles did.  A Yankee fan (short for "fanatic"), he chats about Barry Bonds, Glen Alan Hill, Mickey Mantle, Pedro Martinez (you get the idea), fastballs and steroids.  And speaking of steroids, Charles is still looking to purchase that American-made, environmentally positive van (clearly not the Hummer or SUV – cars on steroids?)  What's happened to American ingenuity?  Has the negative, ignorant, self -possessed mentality of the Bush administration oppressed us to the point of indifference or giving up?  And why isn't New York City helping to lead the way to exhaust-free taxis and buses?  
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    <title>Planes, Trains and Automobiles in America</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

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      We used to be a country of innovation in transportation: the great railway connecting the East and West coasts and major cities in between; the auto industry of great designs and sturdy construction; airplane technology that lead the way for the world.  Sadly, the race to be the first and the best didn't take possible negative consequences into account.  Arrogance to the lack of foresight has brought this country from a leader in transportation technologies to a leader in job loss, pollution, and inferior quality of design and construction.  Currently third place in transportation innovation, and quickly slipping into fourth, Europe and Asia have surpassed the US in their understanding and acceptance of what is needed in cars, trains, and planes to improve and secure a cleaner and healthier environment, stronger employment opportunities and an honorable and vigorous economy.  Ironically, this goal is also desired by a majority of the population, but a downward spiral in politics, backwards-looking mandates and the indifferent arrogance of our so-called leaders have diminished our economy, our environment, our position in the world and our morale.  How do we reclaim our American heritage?
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    <title>Bill, Hillary and  …Stephen or Clinton, Clinton and Sondheim?</title>

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    <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

    <itunes:subtitle>Bill, Hillary and  …Stephen or Clinton, Clinton and Sondheim?</itunes:subtitle>

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      Holding a fundraiser with Bill Clinton as the guest speaker is something out of a Hollywood movie.  The scene: Secret Service personnel who give your place a once-over but won't talk to you; the hosts and their guests being shut in a room during the arrival of the charming, personable, charismatic ex-President ("Bill"); once he's safely inside, the guests are released  and the women begin to swoon and stumble all over themselves to get closer; men and women alike pose for a photo with "Bill" (it'll look good on the corporate desk or the bedside table); no embarrassing, personal questions allowed (keep an eye on the relatives); there's the clever, relevant, occasionally humorous talk by "Bill" (which is what the fundraiser is all about – right?); then the immediate exit of the ex-President who stops on the street to talk to passers-by causing the Secret Service to keep an eye out for trouble, a hand on their guns, and an ear on the chatter coming through the plug in their ear.  But we're reminded that this ex-President has a Presidential candidate for a wife: what about the Hillary conundrum?  And talking about Hollywood movies:  Sweeney Todd, the film (not the musical – not really) and the story behind Charles' ten-year friendship with Stephen Sondheim.
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  <title>The Supersizing of Our Stomachs</title>

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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

  <itunes:subtitle>The Supersizing of Our Stomachs</itunes:subtitle>

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We're fat. Not over weight, not plump...we're FAT. And we're getting fatter. A blood sample of the Average Fast Food Loving American would contain enough oil to qualifiy for admission to OPEC. Many of us are dealing with overeating by smoking, because of course...none of us has ever met a fat smoker. It's another excursion into the "What Are We Doing ?" department of "Yesterday Is Gone."
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  <title>Rudolph the Red Faced Mayor</title>

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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

  <itunes:subtitle>Rudolph the Red Faced Mayor</itunes:subtitle>

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  These are some of Charles' tales of New York City...including the story of the bashful gym teacher, the current Mayor whose political career seems to be blooming, the other Buffet (not the one with the Margarita in his hand)...and of course...Randy Rudy, the Red Faced (ex) Mayor.
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  <title>Yesterday is Gone, Episode 1</title>

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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>

  <itunes:subtitle>Yesterday is Gone, Episode 1</itunes:subtitle>

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  Welcome to the first of what will probably be an endless parade of podcasts and blogs. This week's podcast is about lots of things, including, "The black and white Chevy story and the brilliant Catnip Defense."  
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