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Despite the promos that have been running all week, I almost forgot that The Colbert Report starts Monday night at 11:30pm on Comedy Central. If you haven't yet set up you PVR of choice to record it, don't forget!
Greg Posnick: 1943-2020
My father, Gregory Meredith Posnick, died last month, on Oct. 17, 2020. As I'm writing this, it's a few days short of what would have been his 77th birthday. He didn't have much of an internet presence; this picture from Getty is about all you'll get if you search for photos of him online: Embed from Getty Images Anti-war protester Greg Posnick (L) argues with war supporter Pamela Hall on March 19, 2008 in Times Square in New York. Demonstrators are staging a series of protests across the US to mark the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT That's a good encapsulation of what my father stood for. His involvement in the anti-war movement goes back to the 1960s. To avoid the Vietnam War draft, he obtained a PhD in experimental psychology from Duke University after graduating from Queens College. While his career in academia was short-lived, his love of the Duke Blue Devils continued for the rest of his life. He spent most of his life workin...
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