Author: Pat Tomsky
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Romneycare vs. Obamacare
When Mitt Romney spearheaded the healthcare law here in 2006, supporters shouted that “Romneycare” ushered us into the mythical realm usually reserved for unicorns: Healthcare reform that worked. Then the Feds joined the fray. Obamacare was upheld in a legendary 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court this summer, so the Affordable Healthcare Act (AHA) jumped…
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The Once and Future King: Catching Up With Our Behemoth of Modern Horror
Stories by Patty Tomsky Spare Change News The first Kindle single from Stephen King was about a Kindle with a time-travel feature and it was boss. The second Kindle single was about a car with a Lovecraftian monster inside that kept eating people with its tentacles. It was, my friends, also pretty boss. The current…
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It's a Mad Man's Man's Man's World
Patty Tomsky Spare Change News The 2012 Emmy nominations were announced and for the first year ever, not one of the networks received a nod for Best Drama. The field belonged to the pay-for-it crew. No wonder the stupid satellite company has me by the balls! Of course, Mad Men led with 17 nominations. It’s…
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HBO’S Got It: Vicious Queens and Viking Vampires
Photo above: Creepy Prince Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) glowering with Menace. Photo: Helen Sloan Patty Wittnebert Tomsky Spare Change News Dude. Gimme a fantasy with long velvet dresses and hot guys in leather and armor. Gimme Viggo as Aragorn. Or gimme a hot vampire and a heroine with killer curves. (Kristin Stewart need not apply). Gimme…
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Marge Piercy Talks With SCN About Her Fiction and Poetry
Patty Wittnebert Tomsky Spare Change News Women’s History Month is upon us. March is also the month named after Mars, the God of War. One of our foremost literary goddesses of anti-war is a woman who lives in a tiny village on Cape Cod and has been writing strong, powerful works of fiction and poetry…