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HERBERT KUHNER Romancier, Lyriker, Dramatiker und Übersetzer ist 1935 in Wien in geboren. Er emigrierte 1939 in die Vereinigten Staaten und studierte an der Lawrenceville School und Columbia University. Nach Wien kehrte er 1963 zurück, wo er als ein freier Schriftsteller und Übersetzer lebt.

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Remigration

Another topic I have “touched upon” is “remigration.” This word is a neologism, which means coming back to where you have been driven out.I've always said that I wanted a smooth ride, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes.

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Remarkable People

On the road I have traveled, I have met many remarkable people. First I name my friend and mentor the late Emile Capouya. “Mike” encouraged me over the years and published two of my books in New York.

Herbert Kuhner

grew up in the United States, associating with the New York City jazz and coffee scene in the 1950s. ". . I've always said that I wanted to have smooth sailing, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes". As a subtitle I’ve chosen “Stepping out of line,” which is a movement my feet can’t seem to avoid making.

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Vienna Today

Returning to my birthplace has given me a unique opportunity of writing on Third Reich Revisionism. This topic interlinks with Violence under the Guise of Art like pieces of a puzzle to reveal how the past manifests itself in the present.

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Hitchins and Cohen Off Keel

No doubt about it, Christopher Hitchins and Roger Cohen have a command of the language. But…
No fool can be as much of a fool
as the wise man off keel
“On the last day of his presidency, I want to say why I still do not wish that Al Gore […]

Republican Rape

Rape in the Hallowed Halls of Halliburton
Ladies and Gents we have brought democracy to Iraq and a great cost in lives to Iraquis and to our troops. But oh, how these medieval backward ones still treat women! We must enlighten them concerning the fair sex. In our civilized society, women […]

Mary Matalin’s Rush to Judgement

Mary Matalin, Republican strategist:  “I don’t just respect Rush. I revere Rush.”
- Anderson Cooper, 360, CNN, October 5, 2009
(Mary’s married to Democratic strategist James Carville. God would I love to eavesdrop!)
Jim on Sarah Palin, former Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska:
“I mean she was touted experience as mayor of this town in Alaska. This is a picture […]

Who’s Coming to Dinner, Bill

Here’s part of an encomium for the late William Safire by Maureen Dowd:
“I pestered him for years for an invite. He patiently explained it was just for Jews or people who were, or had been, married to Jews. After years of pleading, including many protestations that I had had […]

Polanski Comment

Herbert Kuhner Keeps On Barfing
Roman Polanski expounds: “If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls. […]

Die Kronen-Zeitung und Ahmadinejad

 ”Herr Strudl”:  “Anders als viele ihrer politischen korrekten Kollegen ham Österreichs UNO-Delegierten während der Rede vom Ahmedi-Nejad net den Saal verlassen. Recht hams. Weil diesmal war fast olles, was er gsagt hat, völlig richtig” .
- Kronen-Zeitung, 25. September 2009
The Austrian “Kronen-Zeitung” and Ahmadinejad
Here’s “Herr Strudl”, who gives streetwise comments in the largest-selling Austrian tabloid:
“Unlike their […]

Tony and Whoopie – Pardon Me, Folks

Tony Blair, who eloquently stated that Sunni Saddam Hussein was in a tandem with Shiite Osama bin Laden, and, along with George Bush, lied Britain and the United States into invading Iraq, is slated in be President of Europe.
Whoopie Goldberg on Roman Polanski: “I know it wasn’t rape-rape. It was something else but I don’t […]