The eclipse is now history, but the thoughts it occasioned are still relevant. So here they are.
Eclipse is a facile metaphor; something gets in the way, blocks something out, obscures what’s
Vol.103.2: MY NUCLEAR OPTION 08.10.2017
The last nuclear war was a one-sided affair. It was the only nuclear war, the one the USA unleashed on Japan in 1945 to bring the Pacific War to an end. Although they might have killed
Vol.103.1: GRAND DECEPTION 05.11.2017
From the beginning of his campaign a lot has been made of Donald Trump’s stupidity. Some might say “stupid like a fox” but there is no doubt the man is an ignoramus as are most people who
Vol.102.4: Bye, Bye, Barry
Goodbye Barry,
I have written nearly two dozen pieces about you and your presidency in these pages. But this is the first (and probably last) addressed directly to you. Like a lot of liberal-progressives
Vol.102.3: FELICITOUS SOLSTICE
T’is the season for blessings and blasphemies.
That is my suggested “war on Xmas” replacement for “Merry Xmas, although it doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue. But it’s a more logical
Vol.102.2: EPISTOLARY MEMORIES
I recently received a letter (not in email; a paper letter) from one of my granddaughters. It is a treasure that will keep, as I have for many years with all handwritten letters and post cards
Vol.102.1: ON MEDIA
November 9 was an epiphany day for me in some ways. I have not watched a news program, MSNBC, or listed to an NPR or PBS broadcast since that day. I do read some selective sources just keep up
Vol.101.7: NOTHING IS FOREVER
Several of my correspondents have communicated to me that, like me, they have desisted in their use of media since November 9. One has even taken to tossing her newspaper directly from doorstep
Vol.101.6: THE UGLY AMERICAN REDUX
I have travelled to over seventy countries, explored hundreds of cities and spent years living abroad in England, France and Hong Kong, enough to confer some understanding of what foreigners think
Vol.101.5: MEIN DRUMPF
Growing up in the years immediately following the end of WWII I came to not only wonder how an evil country like Nazi Germany that followed a minster like Adolf Hitler could come into being. My
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