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D.R. Belz
D.R. Belz

Baltimore satirist D.R. Belz is an award-winning writer who has published essays, poetry and fiction for more than 30 years in a variety of publications including The Baltimore Examiner, Baltimore Sun, Evening Sun, City Paper and Arbutus Patch. He is the author of White Asparagus (Apprentice House, 2010), a collected works. Reach him at [email protected].

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Blogs The Indispensable Oyster 

Home Work

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 D.R. Belz

In his 1932 essay “In Praise of Idleness,” philosopher Betrand Russell defined work as being “of two kinds: first, altering

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My Upcoming Pulitzer

May 26, 2012May 27, 2012 D.R. Belz

“Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write. Will you take a look?”

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Are Americans cheap?

April 23, 2012April 20, 2012 D.R. Belz

My friend Cleatus, among many other things, is a compulsive statistician. He’s one of those people who end up getting

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The Indispensable Oyster 

Occupy my trousers

April 6, 2012April 6, 2012 D.R. Belz

“I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states… We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,

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U.S. National Debt

The current U.S. national debt:
$38,988,471,242,937

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