The Revolution IS Being Televised
(With respect to the great Gil Scott-Heron) June, 2020, USA:
No PPE Shortage Here
As America continues to convulse under the brutality of the Trump administration in all of its forms, now most recently as the result of the murder of George Floyd by … Continue reading
Not Even A Cold War
Ironies engulf me in this month of November, 100 years after the end of the War To End All Wars, which it didn’t, of course. Instead, that war set the standard to … Continue reading
“We find ourselves in a moment where we recognize the arrogance of power”
English translation from the Slovak of a speech by Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia, regarding the murders of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancé, Martina Kušnírová (BACKGROUND NOTE: This fellow, as … Continue reading
Twitter Needs To End
Yikes, a reader writes: I have never warmed to Twitter. The premise of an artificially restrictive “platform” for communicating that allows you only a few dozen letters to complete … Continue reading
Fears of freedom in the Great Again
My uncle read this recently, and sent me a note: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/opinion/sunday/millennials-freedom-fear.htmlet “Let me tell you about freedom. It is not a ‘thing’, like Uggs or a new laptop. Freedom … Continue reading
Goodbye, Walter
Walter Becker died today. He was 1/2 of Steely Dan, the other half being Donald Fagan, whom I have tickets to see, coincidentally, on the 16th of September, 2017. I … Continue reading
Debate #1: Winning On Points was Not Enough
What is disturbing about the current presidential campaign season is not that Donald Trump has succeeded with his asinine incompetence and little conception of his utter unsuitability for being president … Continue reading
Brexit! – or – Cutting Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face
This just in: “In voting to leave the E.U., it is vital to stress that there is now no need for haste.” –Boris Johnson Two days after Britain voted to … Continue reading
Why Trump is Winning, So Far.
To me, there is one very obvious reason for why Donald Trump has continued to win in the Republican Primaries. People are sick and tired of the doorknobs who are … Continue reading
The Witch Is Dead
Antonin Scalia died yesterday and it is a shock. It is a tragedy for his family and a sad thing in general, when a person of stature well-deserved passes away. … Continue reading
Buckley vs. Douthat — Intellectual vs. Intellectualist
This post will resonate mainly with those who are avid readers of the New York Times and, perhaps, with those who encounter the columns of Ross Douthat in that newspaper. … Continue reading
David
“Wheat kings and pretty things Wait and see what tomorrow brings” My dear M., You might be fatigued by the megabytes of music from Tiny in your inbox over … Continue reading
Je suis Charlie, mais …
The murder of the editorial and creative staff of Charlie Hebdo is an almost inconceivably horrible crime. Charlie Hebdo stood undoubtedly for freedom of expression, to take to task everyone … Continue reading
Sony, “The Interview”, and Civility — Mistaking Impertinence for Virtue
There’s rather a lot of self-importance being displayed by all of the people that Frank Bruni mentions this week in his column, who are “sanitizing” their on-line correspondence because Sony Pictures got hacked. “If … Continue reading
Something About Hillary
In response to the earnest Frank Bruni this week: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-hillary-2-0-would-be-hillary-xx.html It is fallacious to look at Mrs. Clinton as a woman who has scaled heights unknown to other women in America … Continue reading
A Kind of Poem on “Pachucos At The Pumps” (or was that “Pachuco Leather Punks”?), Hope, and Music
“Beneath the stains of time / The feelings disappear / You are someone else / I am still right here.” . . . I can imagine Trent Reznor writing that on … Continue reading
Fiddle Music from ‘La Belle Provence’ (Canada)
“Dear M., I hope that you’re not yet sick of my transmissions. For I have re-discovered this great Québec group that has this great version of Sur Le Pont D’Avignon, … Continue reading
Ottawa: October 22, 2014
Living in Canada means something very different today than it did before yesterday morning. Not only do I live in Canada, but I live in Ottawa, where yesterday – on … Continue reading
“Hi hansomm, I wwant your loove”.
According to my inbox today, size matters and I should care. Despite everything, “Natasha” is in love with me and wants me to click on her link to experience her insane desire. … Continue reading
Harper’s
I am reading the “Story” sections in my Harper’s now. I’ve been avoiding them for 2 years, because I was afraid they were too good, or too fictional, or both. … Continue reading
India
Got back the day before yesterday. With a 9-hour overnight layover in the Dubai airport, the return home will take a while to overcome, but going to India will stay … Continue reading
Flowers from Kiev (reconsidered)
There is unnerving power in these photographs. These photographs by Anastasia Taylor-Lind were published in June in the New York Times. They are simple portraits of some of the protesters from February who participated in … Continue reading
Oscar
I have a real problem with Oscar Pistorius. This is the fellow of 27 who claims that he accidentally shot his girlfriend when he believed he was actually shooting at … Continue reading
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