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Religion and Sense of Self

I haven’t blogged in forever and a day. I’ve missed writing about some great shows and the Mets. Now I’m going to try my hand at something I used to do quite a bit and was my original conception of what Wise Madness should be, explaining my thoughts. Today’s topic is, why people follow religious […]

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I Never Passover Seeing Christine Lavin

I’m tired but I’ll write even before I eat dinner. Life is returning to normal. Yesterday I went to my first seder since the before times. I made what will hopefully once again be my annual trek to Norwalk Connecticut to celebrate Pesach with my once-a-year family. This year was a bit weird, as we […]

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Cindy of Arc de Triomphe

Today’s Wise Madness is a theater review, the show Cindy of Arc, Written and Starring: Cynthia Kaplan Featuring: Michael Hunter & Anthony Norman Additional Orchestrations by: Christopher Jahnke Music Direction by: Michael Hunter Music Supervision by: Nate Patten Directed by: Dani Davis Sound Design by: Rob Lariviere Set Decoration by: Ashlyn Inman Press Representative: Katie […]

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Domestic Violence is Violence

I awoke at a reasonable hour this morning, 9 AM despite staying up way too late. The reason I woke up was bad, a loud argument on the street between a man and a woman. I heard things escalate then heard a slap, the man hit the woman. That got me out of bed to […]