The Democrats Can’t Win If They Won’t Fight
Sean Murphyi. The Day After the Day After ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE hand-wringing and recriminations. The only time Democrats love firearms is when they enter a circular firing squad. The only…
Born In The U.S.A. or, Every Day Is Veterans Day (Revisited)
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song. Bruce was already big, but he wasn’t over the top. Born in the U.S.A. put…
The Life You Take is Your Political Voice
Pivoting --and plagiarizing-- from earlier sentiment expressed in greater detail HERE, HERE and HERE, this is my succinct .02 on what's at stake and a final shout-out for any of…
Thom Jones: The Pugilist at Rest (in Peace)
i. HERE’S THE THING about clean-up hitters: they strike out a lot. Then again, consider some of baseball’s most prodigious home run champions: Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth,…
More Human than Human or, Do Atheists Dream of Electric Sheep?
i. “I am the business.” Rick Deckard: is he, or isn’t he, that is the question. Human or android? Blade Runner or replicant? Inexorably, fans’ perspective on this matter will…
Remembering The Things We Learned About Terra As She Taught Us About Ourselves (Revisited)
Boy, it’s been a tough two years for dogs in my (and some of my best friends’) life: first we lost our beloved Otis in September, 2008; then in Febrary,…
RICH ASSHOLES PAYING NO TAXES IS UNPATRIOTIC
* Did you catch this? (Trigger warning: you’ll need to Windex your screen and take a shower after watching to disinfect and rinse the slime off.) This embarrassing exchange merely…
John Coltrane at 90
For those whose definition of genius is either too encompassing or excessively narrow, John Coltrane poses no problems: there isn’t anyone who knows anything about music (in general) and jazz…
Taxi Driver: 40 Thoughts for 40 Years
Not many critics would name it as the best American movie, and it probably would rank as few fans’ favorite films. Is Taxi Driver, nevertheless, the most important American film?…
Led Zeppelin: Day by Day
Imagine Led Zeppelin in our contemporary culture, with smart phones and social media documenting their every activity and utterance—a ceaseless spectacle. It’s impossible. Literally; obviously. But it’s possible that the…