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“Autofellatio” What Does Such A Bizarre And Convoluted Word Actually Mean?
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“Autofellatio” What Does Such A Bizarre And Convoluted Word Actually Mean?

Why do doctors use such unfamiliar words? Really, why do they use words that the majority of us can't understand and are unfamiliar with? Why are such professions, such as Medicine and Law, filled with words that are derived from Greek and Latin origins? Using such words makes it difficult for normal, every-day people - such as you and me - to understand what people in these types of fields are actually talking about. For instance, in medicine do you know what an "acute, inner-inflammatory reaction of the greater auricular fold" is? This means that you have an ear ache. You have to love it. We just can't call it an "ear ache." No, that would be too easy and would give us away. We have to call it something that no one has a clue as to what it means. This cryptic nonsense exists for a r...
The Bizarre Role Of Guns In American Culture – Laid Bare By Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’
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The Bizarre Role Of Guns In American Culture – Laid Bare By Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’

Long before the numbing regularity of school shootings, the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and the current Supreme Court debate over whether to further relax gun laws, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was sounding the alarm about the role of guns in American culture. Sondheim, who died on Nov. 26, 2021, had a knack for using stage and song to explore America’s dark, violent underbelly. One of his lesser-known works, “Assassins,” just started a new run off-Broadway by the Classic Stage Company. Originally produced in 1990, the musical is a collective biography of the historical figures who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents, four of them successfully. Nine of the 13 assassins or would-be assassins are included, from John Wilkes Booth, who killed Abraham Lincoln, to John Hinckley, Jr.,...