San Jose Area Society & Culture Examiners
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I've missed you, even as I've been writing new posts. Some distance has grown between us. Maybe that's because we don't have a literary festival to...
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Fact #1: Women are the most powerful consumers in the world. According to a Mediamark Research & Intelligence survey published by Time magazine, women make 75 percent of the...
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What's a Men's Issues Column without talking about a space where a man can be a man. Men need a place at home where we can relax...
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Phil Tagami is busy. What else is new? There's relentless meetings and schmoozefests with Jerry Brown, ( a close bud of the...
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Kwanzaa is a seven-day African American celebration from December 26 to January 1 to honor African American heritage. Kwanzaa was first...
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When one year ends and a new one starts, it’s only natural to reflect on the past year and set goals for the coming year. And if the...
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The charge of "resisting arrest" is a funny thing. One may imagine that it was devised so that murderers, rapists or robbers who...
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Many in the media are crying foul because the romantic story line between Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover") and Eric Dane...
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Why do all the zippers I've ever seen have the letters YKK on the pull tabs? -- J.P. That's the trademark of Yoshida Kogyo...
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