Larry Bird: The Legend at 60
Sean MurphyIt’s almost impossible to accept Larry Bird is 60 years old, today. Because, among other...
The Democrats Can’t Win If They Won’t Fight
i. The Day After the Day After ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE hand-wringing and recriminations. The...
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....
The Life You Take is Your Political Voice
Pivoting –and plagiarizing– from earlier sentiment expressed in greater detail HERE, HERE and HERE, this...
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...
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...
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...
RICH ASSHOLES PAYING NO TAXES IS UNPATRIOTIC
* Did you catch this? (Trigger warning: you’ll need to Windex your screen and take...
John Coltrane at 90
For those whose definition of genius is either too encompassing or excessively narrow, John Coltrane...
Taxi Driver: 40 Thoughts for 40 Years
Not many critics would name it as the best American movie, and it probably would...