“while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” (William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming”) Rightfully so, a lot of attention of late has been spent on the utter dysfunction in the US House of Representatives. The founding fathers tried to frame the Constitution so that many of the corruptions that…

“Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?” (George Orwell) Today (10/14/23) I was listening to the Filipina reporter Patricia Evangelista speaking of…

“I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam” (Popeye the Sailor Man) As you probably know, Andrew Tate has spent some time in a Romanian prison. He and his brother had been accused of human trafficking and rape. Tate was arrested in Bucharest in December of 2022…

Hey, little girl Comb your hair Fix your make-up Soon, he will open the door. Don’t think because There’s a ring on your finger You needn’t try anymore. (Burt Bacharach) Where did it begin? A looooong time ago, to be sure, though I always hesitate to look back and find…

“Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don’t ever make the grade Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that’s got his own That’s got his own” (Billie Holiday) As anyone who spends any time with children knows, they can cover…

“Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but it is replaced to a great extent by indoctrination.” (Thomas Sowell) If I understand it correctly, Thomas Sowell is a bit of a darling on the political right in the US right now. Whether the idea originates with…

If you were in the know, you would know what that title means. My 163rd essay on Medium? Nope. The 163rd day of the year. Not even close. The re-election of Donald Trump? Bingo. That wasn’t so hard. Like many people, I first became aware of Gematria via a Jordan…

I think nearly everyone has seen Donald Trump’s Fulton County Jail mugshot. A lot of people were psyched to see it released. A lot of people — on both sides of the political spectrum — are making money off of it. But one of the things that struck me was…

Facts are simple and facts are straight Facts are lazy and facts are late Facts all come with points of view Facts don’t do what I want them to Facts just twist the truth around (Talking Heads, “Cross-eyed and Painless”) I recently asked my grandson what he thought about the…