Martin Levinson
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Martin Levinson

Show BioHide BioMartin H. Levinson is the author of nine books and numerous articles, plays, and poems on various subjects. He is a member of the Authors Guild, National Book Critics Circle, and the book review editor for ETC: A Review of General Semantics. His website can be accessed at martinlevinson.com.

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DENSA

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DENSA By Martin H. Levinson Most people are familiar with MENSA, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world, open to people who score at the 98th percentile of a standardized intelligence test. What is far less known is DENSA, another group based on s... More »

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The Sunny Sides of Climate Change

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Climate change is happening. The Earth is getting hotter. Is that a problem? I don’t think so. With glaciers melting at record rates, sea levels are rising, which means there’s more water around to swim and frolic in. Rising sea levels also mean low-lying ... More »

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Social Media’s Cool

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Social Media’s Cool By Martin H. Levinson Social media helps people to stay connected, offers a useful way to share past memories, and assists those who are struggling by providing access to advice from strangers. But as wonderful as social media is, there a... More »

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He’s an Innocent Man

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By Martin H. Levinson After being indicted by the Department of Justice for obstruction and retention of classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump declared he is an innocent man. Duh! Of course, he’s innocent! Trump’s innocence is built into ... More »

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The Lord(s) Can Do No Wrong

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By Martin H. Levinson Liberals are upset that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose that he received lavish international trips and had his mother’s rent and grandnephew’s private school tuition paid by a billionaire, GOP benefactor. They ... More »

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Why Not Arm the Children?

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By Martin H. Levinson According to the 2022 PDK poll of the public’s attitudes toward public schools, forty-five percent of Americans support arming teachers to prevent school shootings. Proponents say arming teachers would minimize deaths and deter potentia... More »

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Democracy Sucks

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Democracy Sucks By Martin H. Levinson The McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s most recent Mood of the Nation Poll conducted in mid-November 2022 found that Millennials, and especially, Gen-Zers, are disappointed in American democracy and that “dictatorshi... More »

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Trump’s Trump Card: He Really Venerates Women

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Martin H. Levinson I fell out of my chair when I heard Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in a case that stems from payments Trump made in 2016 to his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to cover up an alleged affair with an adult film star known ... More »

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The Elephant in the Room

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By Martin H. Levinson The elephant in the room saw a fly on the wall and, curious as a cat, made a beeline to get a look at the insect who, by the time the elephant got to where he first saw the wee creature, had flown the coop. Taking the bull by the horns, t... More »

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We Need to Stop Sticking to Our Guns

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By Martin H. Levinson * * * By Gunnar ”Gun ’em Down” QAnonski In 2008, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to own guns. But that’s not all it guarantees. It assures the right to bear any sorts of arm... More »

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