On the heels of Halloween comes Thanksgiving. Scary times followed by gratitude for them. And the latter, it may be said, is fast losing popularity to the former. Thanksgiving’s real attraction isn’t its excuse for dietary excess, but the big, fat four-day holiday. Take that away and folks will lose interest and many birds would […]
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THANKS AND NO THANKS
November 27, 2025WE’RE NOT OKAY
October 22, 2025Tom Harris’ 1967 wildly popular book, “I’m OK/You’re Ok,” led to a humorous rejoinder: I’m Not Okay, You’re Not OK—and that’s OK. No, we’re not. We should only wish. We’re royally self-screwed–living in a hail of bullets. This is not a medical condition or something that fell out of the sky. This is our […]
POKING THE BEAR
May 15, 2025Having been pushed to the limit by November’s atrocity, and no longer recognizing this land of the free and home of the brave, we have given ourselves a shot in the arm. We have been treated as Trump’s Toy: he who plays golf while markets the world over free-fall; who has not an […]
DEATH OF AMERICA’S SOUL?
May 15, 2025I’m not saying it’s dead, but I’m sure as hell asking. First be clear about the “soul.” Many believe in it, insist they have one, and good for them. Regardless of its mention from ancient times to modern, it’s speculative at best; a good metaphor but a catch-all too for things we sense but […]
WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?
February 13, 2025The new year’s underway, we’ve sobered up, Resolutions are broken and ‘tis the season for carping and kvetching. What we needed was a Super Bowl to scratch up everything hated by everybody. We didn’t even need a game to get things rolling. Just a half-time show. Back in the day, Color tv wasn’t […]
WHAT SCARES ME MOST
November 30, 2024I’ve used the heading above in Octobers past, as when the Doomsday Clock loomed near midnight or at other times of misgiving. What scares me now is what may happen to America and its remarkable Democracy. Such a scare, speaking biblically, may be called Legion, for it is many. Lacking space or time to […]
WHINING IS NOT AN OPTION
November 18, 2024So we’ll own our disappointment, rest up and wait till the dust clears. But no whining and no quitting. Crisis always includes opportunity. And no finger-pointing. If ever a political campaign was done well and deserved success, it was the one that had the farthest to go in the briefest of time. Better […]
TO SAVE A NATION
August 21, 2024How we got here is all too clear—this incredible moment in our history. And more’s to come: Such unusual twists and turns in world, national or personal life don’t end when the day is done. The old saw rings true, that things will get worse before they get better. It’s like “one of […]
IN THE AIR AND EVERYWHERE
August 21, 2024That’s where poetry is right now. It’s at a high in popularity virtually throughout the world. Maybe due to exhaustion from the polemics that pervade everything, politics hardly the only one, demanding our agreement and acquiescence to others’ claims of truth, in words that, like bullets, are searing to hearts and minds. There […]
SHAMEFUL DATES, SHAMELESS PLUGS
August 21, 2024January to May has grim reminders from history and what may be learned from them. The first month calls to mind Martin Luther King, Jr. and that despite his sacrifice, racism is as bad as ever. The end of January, in 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany and it’s truly shameful if there’s no […]
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