A MINOR SKIRMISH IN THE CULTURE WAR
Note: It has been a while since I have had a chance to post anything. But this actual incident of my encounter with a culture war adversary in my dentist’s
Carpe Diem: 2017.04.12 WHAT MAKES AMERICA SO GREAT?
Ever wonder? I do. Is it the Christo-fascism? The racism? The rapacious capitalistic greed? The militarism? Take your pick. Or, all of the above. They have all been with us for awhile; so I like
Carpe Diem: 2017.04.02 SOLD OUT
The Trump administration has just managed to get passed with he assistance of his Republican toadies in Congress legislation that will allow our Internet providers (already a cartel) to sell information
Carpe Diem: 2017.03.14 Extraction Extinction
The laws of economics are not as immutable and transcendent as those of Nature (they are, after all, human “laws”); but sometimes they have an ironic sensibility. Take, for example, coal and
Carpe Diem: 2017.02.16 PROTECTION
Remember Don Fanucci in the Godfather II? No? OK, he was the guy in the white suit in the old NY Little Italy who, as he liked to say, “wet his beak” a little. By that he meant he ran what was called
Carpe Diem: 2017.01.13 BYE, BYE SPANOS CHARGERS
The Bolts are bolting, setting off to the north in search of higher profits and perhaps a stadium with “sky boxes” for big money types who like nachos and a lap dance while cheering on their
Carpe Diem: 2016.12.24 THE GIFT OF TRUMP
Since this past November 8 I have been mulling over the mentality of the Trump voter. For some reason this old joke kept coming to mind. It goes as follows:
Back in the days of marauding hordes
Carpe Diem: 2016.12.05 CALEXIT
Readers of these pages are surely aware by now of my lack of patriotism. It’s not that I do not like the amber waves of grain, forspacioius skies or dawnzerly light, or about half the inhabitants
Carpe Diem: 2016.11.10 THE CARNY BARKER’S DILEMMA
It’s the second “morning after” of trying to say the words “President Trump” and the speculation on “WTF happened!” and how “great’” or “gawdawful” our faux democracy is
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