Last night at the presidential debate No. 2 Hillary started off by buying into our “America Great Again” Trumpism by going off on how great America supposedly already is (the…
James A. Clapp
It has been evident from the first primary debates that Donald Trump had tapped into something roiling beneath the surface of American politics. Trump himself probably wasn’t even aware that…
It’s a symbol of filicide, when a god who remotely impregnated a virgin killed the issue of this coital conundrum to putatively atone for the sins of mankind. Weird. The…
Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ (1602) oil on canvas (52.6 in × 66.7 in) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Owing to my concentration on book length projects of late it has been…
Finally, FINALLY! Somebody stood up–well sat down— to that whore to American militarism, capitalism and right-wing political values, the NFL. Colin Kaepernik remaining seated during one of the most shitty…
The French are into their current version of l’affaire Dreyfus, having recently come up with a law banning the “burkina,” or the bathing costume designed for Muslim women to retain…
If DCJ was ever to have a “pin-up” girls in its virtual centerfold we have found her—at the Rio Olympics. Simone Biles was great and very cute, and there were…
Sorry, Michael Phelps might be the Fort Knox of Olympic medals, but let’s put to rest right here that he is, as the media hype likes to do, “the greatest…
Many years ago I remember a relative of mine joined a volunteer fire brigade. He would have preferred to be a member of a regular fire department, but the suburban…
This essay reprises the story of Jim’s bid to represent his country in the 2004 Olympics. He is now considering selling his collection of Wayne Newton albums to finance…