This question has been rattling around in my brain since at least the inauguration: Whose eulogy could Trump deliver? There will come a time before January 2021 when it would be appropriate for […]
Whose eulogy could Trump deliver?
Toward a geography of rock: part 3, the South – looking backward to go forward…
Joke told around Harvard Yard: “Q: How many Southerners does it take to change a light bulb? A: Five – one to change the bulb and four more to talk about how […]
Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – July 2017
During the 2016 campaign, Donald told the nation exactly how horrible a person he is and how terrible a President he would be. In July 2017 there were at least 77 reported examples of Donald or his minions doing the horrible things Donald said he would.
A geography of rock: pt 2, the Northeast – NY, Philly, Boston, art, money, and soul…
“Out of some subway scuttle, cell or loft A Bedlamite speeds to thy parapets, Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning, A jest falls from the speechless caravan.” – Hart Crane (Read part […]
‘’Merica. Fuck, yeah. God bless.’
By Tamara Enz Cynicism and sarcasm toward my country and its future are hard for me to get around these days; sometimes I trip over them in unexpected ways. This was clear […]
A geography of rock, part 1: Styx, REO Speedwagon, Kansas and the dangerous expanse of the Midwest…
Expansive, windy music produced by Arena Rock icons whose members for the most part grew up in an expansive, windy environment… “I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free, […]
American dreaming
The weary king of a used garment nation… An older gentleman dozing in his van while a summer breeze animates an American flag and the late morning sun illuminates the multitude of […]
Some people hate higher ed…but they love their teams….
“While 58 percent of Republicans believe colleges and universities have a negative impact on the direction of the United States, I sincerely doubt they feel the same way about their alma maters, their […]
Gannett adopts the blue dot, emblematic of market-driven thinking, at its newspapers
Oh, my. Look at the dot. It’s blue. It’s representative of “one unified network,” says the chief marketing officer of Gannett, owner of the USA Today Network. The blue dot — and […]
Back in the USSR: because everything old becomes new again, right…?
“Back in the USSR,” once the target of self-righteous conservative anger, has come back to mock conservatives nearly 50 years later. “It’s tongue in cheek…. I remember trying to sing it in my […]
