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A 2002 piece I wrote opposing the invasion of Iraq
A few illogical arguments for the elimination of Saddam Hussein October 12, 2002, Asheville Citizen-Times By Bruce Mulkey “After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad.” –President George W. Bush about Saddam Hussein “I can appreciate his obsessive need to prove his masculinity and defend his family name. But should Americans…
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My story and I’m sticking with it
“Be careful, Brucie, you might get hurt.” A frequent refrain from my great-grandmother and great-aunt while I was growing up in the late ’40s. Well meaning though they may have been, each hovered over me like a domineering mother hen. And my mom, Sue, filled with the intense desire to protect me from polio, tended…
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Our little girl at 2.5 years old
It’s finally dawned on me: We’ve now got another full-fledged member of the family. Yeah, I know, I’ve said something similar before, but these days our family has a whole new dynamic. Gracelyn at age 2.5 takes part in meaningful conversations, organizes occasional dance parties, cajoles us into evening walks under the stars and takes…
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I’m back!
Yes, after a one-year hiatus with Patsy Keever’s campaign for Congress, I’m back to blogging. And though I thought seriously about retiring from politics entirely after that intense effort, I’ve agreed to be Cecil Bothwell’s campaign manager for his Asheville City Council reelection campaign. Today Cecil publicly announced his candidacy: Now, more than ever, North…
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On becoming a dad again . . . at 67
“I didn’t think old people could have babies.” That’s what my 13-year-old granddaughter Molly said when her mom (my daughter) Lilla told her that Shonnie was pregnant. When Lilla explained that it was only older women who couldn’t have babies, Molly reflected a moment, then replied, “I thought they were just going to have cats.”…
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When Brucie Met Shonnie
I first laid eyes on Shonnie Lavender in 1995 when we both joined the Austin Fit Green Training Group for the Austin Motorola Marathon. It was August, and as usual, hot as Hades in the capitol city of Texas—highs in the upper 90s to lower 100s.
Bruce Mulkey
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Marie Smith
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