There were dynamics to this election that I never saw before. The things Musk et al hammered home every day touched on a raw nerve,…
My school is condemned to fail.
Posted on 0 commentToday, the malcontents who work in my school took a step I should have easily anticipated: they voted to begin using a reading series, Journeys,…
February, the dismal month
Posted on 0 commentWhoever thought to limit February to only 28 days was a great humanitarian. Better were it 10. Two years ago, my brother died. February 21, 2015: the…
Everybody lies.
Posted on 0 commentYep, it was a good song by Leo Kottke (which you can see performed here) but it’s generally true in human affairs. By now, it…
The Last Day.
Posted on 0 commentToday is a sad day. Donald Trump is taking over the office of President tomorrow, and Barack Obama will no longer be my President. I’m…
The Broken Presidency
Posted on 0 commentEarlier this year (2016) journalists and pundits were falling all over themselves declaring the Republican Party to be “broken.” Now, after the disastrous and terrifying…
Religious support for Donald Trump
Posted on 0 commentThe hypocrisy of religion can no better be illustrated than in the support given to Donald Trump by religious zealots across America. Never has there…
Trump: an exponent of the Zeitgeist.
Posted on 0 commentSometimes it seems as if there is a universal radio station, some worldwide broadcast working in polyglot fashion to influence the minds of the world’s…
No Trump.
Posted on 0 commentDonald J. Trump has won more electoral votes than Hillary Clinton and so shall occupy the White House on January 20, 2017. I never thought my country…