Eliot Daley
- Jun 28
"Too Old" For What?
We’ve been watching the Olympic Trials on TV. I am particularly dazzled by the ability of gymnasts to do what they do. Someone flips...
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Eliot Daley
- Feb 6
Down on Biden? Wake Up!
While everyone’s busy whining about their lives and how old President Biden is, it's easy to forget that he stepped into the ugliest mess...
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Eliot Daley
- Jan 16
The Mouse That Roared…in Iowa (A Brief Rant)
Why do the media give one second of air time or one column-inch of print to the Iowa primary? When only one out of seven Republicans in...
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Eliot Daley
- Jan 12
Will Passive Greed Kill America?
And what, you may be wondering, is “passive greed”? Look, I know you’re not nakedly greedy, a rapacious monster trying to grab all you...
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Eliot Daley
- Jan 5
Tranquil Ponds and Quicksand Pits
Inches from my left shoulder, on the sill of the window here in my study, rests a poem that I typed out and posted there. I re-read the...
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Eliot Daley
- Oct 7, 2023
Skid Marks All Over My Mind
I sat down to write a piece about whatever happened to truth in public life. Instead, I was forced off the road by a challenge to my own...
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Eliot Daley
- Sep 25, 2023
Seeking "Humane Execution" (Huh???)
We seem to be having some trouble figuring out how to kill the 2,755 prisoners currently on death row. Turns out all the usual...
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Eliot Daley
- Aug 24, 2023
Have I Come of Age Yet?
I just got word that Anita died today. It felt like a gut punch. But I haven’t seen her for fifty years. So why do I feel kind of...
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Eliot Daley
- Aug 4, 2023
How Barbie's Mother Launched Our Daughter
When she was seven years old, our daughter Shannon questioned Ruth Handler—then CEO of Mattel and creator of “Barbie”—on the untapped...
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Eliot Daley
- Jul 27, 2023
Seriously? I Am Too Old???
I just got rejected for enrollment at a school. Maybe it was ageism, maybe not. But it felt pretty sketchy. For many decades, I’ve had...
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