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Charlie Accetta

Charlie Accetta

“I Started at the Top and Worked My Way Down”

Orson Welles, Hollywood, and the Curse of Kane

8 min readNov 30, 2022

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“I Started at the Top and Worked My Way Down”

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Charlie Accetta

Retired and Inspired

I retired from full-time employment recently, which has given me the time to think about things from a truly inward-looking perspective…

2 min readJul 9, 2022

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Retired and Inspired

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Charlie Accetta

An Ode to Veal Parmigiana

I do not come off as a passionate person in public, but I harbor some hidden urges. One of which is eating. Not to a gastronomic level but…

4 min readJan 27, 2021

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An Ode to Veal Parmigiana

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Charlie Accetta

March

The last gasps of a since-passed thunderstorm hung

2 min readJun 6, 2020

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March

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Charlie Accetta

The Third Cold War

Are you now, or have you ever been?

3 min readFeb 15, 2020

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The Third Cold War

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Charlie Accetta

The Last Elmo

Dad passed away last night. It was a storybook ending of sorts, not exactly a heart-tugging finish with violins rising to meet the setting…

5 min readOct 16, 2019

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The Last Elmo

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Charlie Accetta

American Identity — A Critical Prayer

America is in crisis. America is always in crisis, but most Americans don’t recognize that simple fact of history. We brought the art of…

5 min readAug 8, 2019

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American Identity — A Critical Prayer

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Charlie Accetta

Signs of Life in Space

Life is binary. It either exists or it doesn’t. The Earth is alive, as is the whole universe. In searching for signs of life, we…

3 min readApr 28, 2019

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Signs of Life in Space

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Charlie Accetta

Illusions of Place and Time

We are all prisoners of the Corporate Monolith. We are all simultaneously its agents and its victims. There is no arguing who we are or…

4 min readJan 5, 2019

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Illusions of Place and Time

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Charlie Accetta

We Should Trade a Wall For a Dream Act

Many of us on the Progressive side of the aisle feel border security was always a question of conditions throughout the world. If things…

4 min readDec 16, 2018

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We Should Trade a Wall For a Dream Act

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Charlie Accetta

Charlie Accetta

What can I say? I do this thing. Otherwise, I'm a regular guy. I drive fast, when traffic allows. I use Just For Men liberally. And you're no better.

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