July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
Sean MurphyIf I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I’ve led,...
July 20, 1969 or, One Small Step for Man’s Mind
Listen: there are people who actually believe that the moon landing never happened. Lots of...
Life Imitating Art: The Russiagate Floodgates
Toward the end of Sydney Lumet’s ’70s classic Serpico there is an unnerving scene that...
Cruel DeVos
I. TRUE STORY. MY WIFE teaches grade school. In addition to the stories I can tell,...
On Health Care: George Carlin Called It
Nine years ago today we lost not only one of our better comics, but one...
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: Celebrating Sgt. Pepper
It was fifty years ago today… But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. To get...
Memorial Day: A Poem
Unanticipated clouds advance, shifting the weight of the world—or at least the measured objectives of...
The Moon is Glued to a Picture of Heaven: Ten Thoughts on Chris Cornell
i. In Bull Durham, the cranky and overachieving Crash Davis, at once in awe and...
Every Day is Mother’s Day
I’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental...
Murphy’s Laws: 47 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 47
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” That, from the ever-quotable Oscar Wilde....