In Warren's Words
Our Comic Book Culture
 I'm
not sure when I gave up my love for the comics. I suppose it was around
thirteen or fourteen when I became far more interested in reading books for
young boys, mostly in series like Bomba the Jungle Boy, The Boy Allies, the
Hardy Boys, Tom Swift and others.
I would haunt the Stone Avenue Library in Brownsville, Brooklyn and walk
home with as many books the library allowed, gobbling up the stories like
popcorn. I suppose I still read the comics but with declining interest.
Perhaps I preferred to imagine the characters instead of seeing them laid out
for me with little balloons of dialogue.
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Beyond Borders
After years of agony, the demise of Borders was as predictable as the
sunset. It was like the horse and buggy murdered by the horseless carriage. It
is sad and hurtful to many people who worked there but no crystal ball was
needed. Its time had come.
The brick and mortar chain stores are probably doomed and what remains will
contract and eventually succumb as more and more readers morph to screen
reading on devices.
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Death and Taxes
 Whether
wise old Ben Franklin said it or someone else, the idea that the only
certainties in life are death and taxes appears to be the central dilemma of
the modern age. The relationship is clouded with complexity. I will attempt to
simplify it.
In our present budget crisis the relationship between the two are
unassailable. Our health care programs, for example, are based on the
assumption that we want to live as long as possible and spend whatever it
takes to hold back the inevitability of a visit from the grim reaper.
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