[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] No, this isn’t a white supremacist ode. It’s about snow – something we’re experiencing here in New England today. And many other days. The inspiration for this poem of … Continue reading →
For something or other. Today they’re hearing arguments on its constitutionality, and they’re pretending to consider them soberly. But I can virtually guarantee that the mind of every senator was already made up before today, and that the answers fall … Continue reading →
Well worth watching:
Continue reading →Victor David Hanson: The point of the 1960s, again we were taught, was to tear down the rules, the traditions and customs, the hierarchies of the old guys. The targets were supposedly the uptight, short-hair, square-tie, adult generation who grew … Continue reading →
The first three weeks: More Americans have died from COVID-19 in the first three weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency than during the entire Vietnam War, a grim milestone for a leader who vowed to make ending the pandemic “the first … Continue reading →
It was Karl Marx who wrote this oft-quoted remark: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” There’s certainly … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] The Bee Gees came briefly onto my radar screen in the late 70s through the extraordinary popularity of their “Saturday Night Fever” score. Then for me they faded out of sight and hearing, … Continue reading →
This rather curious article in Time (yes, Time still exists) is getting a lot of attention. You might think that the title of this post is fanciful or facetious, but it’s pretty much a summary of the self-congratulatory title of … Continue reading →
I wonder how many people in LA County who recently voted to elect George Gascon as their DA were aware that they were voting for a man who believes in the minimum sentences for everyone. It’s hard to believe a … Continue reading →
This video by Frei and Barnes is two and a half months old, and I missed it when it came out. But it presents a relatively succinct discussion of the challenges Trump’s legal team faced in trying to fight possible … Continue reading →
House member Waters: “[Trump] absolutely should be charged with premeditated murder because of the lives that were lost for this invasion with his insurrection,” she told MSNBC. “For the president of the United States to sit and watch the invasion … Continue reading →
On January 26 I wrote a post titled “Deadly riots” that explored the cause of death of the five people whose deaths have been claimed to have been caused by the January 6th riots and/or rioters. One was Capitol Police … Continue reading →