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Marcus J Freed

Marcus J Freed

Serious Semite: The Grinch That Stole Halloween

Driving the suburbs of Los Angeles you can see front yards made to resemble graveyards. “But Halloween is so much fun!” they say. It depends how you celebrate it, but Halloween seems odd in today’s climate.

Satirical Semite: Homecoming

Life may have changed, but it’s still one of the most exciting places on the planet, and I’m just grateful to have that visa.

Satirical Semite: Shoot Me Up, Scotty

Another lockdown is unlikely, but now is the time to live life and live it large, lest we have to isolate again for this seemingly-endless flu season. This is a battle-cry and a call to arms for more autumnal parties.

No Regrets

Satirical Semite: No Regrets

This column was nearly called “Reflections On Meeting Ex-Girlfriends After 15 Years, Seeing Their Husband And Kids And Thinking About What Might Have Been.”

Satirical Semite: American Exceptionalism

A lover of England is an Anglophile. A lover of France is a Francophile. A lover of America is an Americanophile, which sounds like it has one too many syllables, although America does most things big and better, even when it comes to linguistics.

Satirical Semite: Roman Holiday

The fast of the 9th of Av is a time to reflect upon unity and spiritual matters, so we won’t stop and think about Scottish supporters who hate England so much that they joined Italian supporters at Wembley to cheer on our downfall.

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