What are we writing about when we’re “Nature Writing?” This question is prompted by thoughts from the excellent three-day little festival in South London, the Balham Literary Festival, titled A Way of […]
A way of being in the world
wufnik
The joys of binge-watching
For the past year I have had some health issues that have taken me out of active circulation—nothing life-threatening, but certainly life changing during the period, and for a little while yet. […]
Ralph Nader did not make George Bush president
It’s time to try to kill a certain meme that’s already going around, and which we’ll be seeing a lot more of in the coming months–that people voting for Ralph Nader in […]
Election 2016: defining discourse down, again
I noted in a Facebook post the other day that the current political environment is reminding me of the early 2000s and the run-up to the Iraq invasion. I still believe this, […]
What was Maria Sharapova thinking?
Tennis star’s positive doping test comes as a real shock. I guess I kinda sorta feel bad for Maria Sharapova. She has been a pleasure to watch on the court for a […]
The Swift-boating of Bernie Sanders
The Clinton camp breaks out the Karl Rove Playbook. So my man Bernie did fine in New Hampshire, and now the gloves have come off. I assume he knew what would be […]
More trade disasters ahead
In our last discussion of the dangers posed by the current round of free trade deals under consideration in the US, Europe and Asia a while back, we noted (as have others) […]
The Geezer Party: where the hell are the young Democrats?
The Democratic Party needs more attractive candidates—and they need young ones, to match the youth of the GOP. So the Democratic nominating process this year has three candidates if one includes Martin O’Malley, […]
Flint is a sad metaphor for something
If one were looking for an apt metaphor to reflect the state of modern America, which would you choose: the surprising success of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, or the deliberate poisoning of […]
#SNRGTR: more guitar solos
I did a post back in 2010 on my favorite guitar solos, and as I reconsider it, there’s not much I would change. It’s still a pretty good old fart guitar solo […]
