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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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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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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:
$38,568,501,122,811

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