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Michael Stanson stared at the small, color Sony television in his dingy room at the Hollywood Motor Motel on Sunset Boulevard. The couple upstairs was fighting again. They started early tonight. It always began with load obscenities, usually in Spanish and Russian. Their rows had progressed to violence in the three months he'd been living in this dive. Seven years of writing on a hit TV crime drama came with a rented house in Beverly Hills and a huge salary Mike was only to eager to spend. Th...

Always on the outside looking in.

Beware, over analysis leads to paralysis.

Do you remember when and where you first met Cinderella? That question fetches many answers in 21st century America. But, two problems arise. Many Americans are perpetuating their own cultural myths, because they are immigrants from other cultures. Another complication to the original fairy tale is technology; whether you first became aware of her from television, in one of the Disney theme parks around the world or in a video game. In that respect, she becomes life imitating magic. Some chil...

Do you remember when and where you first met Cinderella? That question fetches many answers in 21st century America. But, two problems arise. Many Americans are perpetuating their own cultural myths, simply because they are immigrants here from other cultures. Another complication to the original fairy tale is technology, whether you first became aware of her from television, in the one of the Disney theme parks around the world or in a video game. In that respect, she becomes life imitating ...