Intermission is timely. At midpoint of a soul stirring performative event one is glad when the lights go up and everyone is invited to stand, and perhaps visit the restroom. Perhaps you’d wait with others at the Bar for a glass of white or red to take as you return to your seat. This…
More thoughts from Nietzsche? Rumination on types of nihilism? Topics, all relevant to day-to-day life, which I intend to examine. On the other hand this remarkable collection of insights came my way. The current condition of America is described by the envelopment of the old Republican Party by the Trump movement, and his accession…
In the United States,Congress, the president and the courtsare supposed to keep an eye on one another — to stop any one branch of government frombecoming too powerful. President Trump is showing uswhat happens when those checks and balances break down. The courts may still intervene,as a judge did yesterday to halt Trump’s offer…
Six AM and it was pitch black. In the sky a blinding white moon, a crescent sharper than any blade. I felt cold bite into my face. I drove the winding neighborhood street. Three black forms moved across a yard to pass just out of headlight range. Deer. Absolutely those wild animals were hungry….
The new administration is moving at warp speed. Tech moguls skurrey, gathering as baby chicks around a brood hen, to Trump. The New York Times reports that new leaders are quickly being appointed to the U. S. Prosecutors offices. The President believes with justification that he has carte blanche to act at will. More…
I have no plans to join millions around the world viewing the inauguration. I’d rather dedicate my awareness to other things. I imagine Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Chew – appointed members of the royal court. They will occupy prime seating close to the man forwarded to the oval office by a system that long since…
At Barnes & Noble a group of us talked and listened for almost two hours. The topic igniting the discussion: fervent desires when acted upon, change the course of the future in expected and unexpected ways. One member at the table observed that every living thing is involved with adapting to an environment, therefore…
Another NFL match-up between the Detroit Lions and the Greenbay Packers is ‘on tap’ for today. I chose to find a table at Barnes & Noble for some writing, rather than view the game. A NFL contest between two top ranked teams is exciting, something I enjoy. Nevertheless I felt compelled to think and…
A feature of our time is media punditry. From MSNBC, to Fox, to Newsmax and unnumbered internet channels of influencers and opinion makers, to name just a few: Joe Rogan, Bill Maher, and Selena Gomez… The overarching horizon of communication companies is profit/loss capitalism. Competition is the rule and thus the appetite for content…
I perused the New York Times email of today’s headlines. We are two weeks out from election day. Have you ever found yourself watching a prize fight that lasted too many rounds? At the final bell, judges render their decision and in the case of Trump v. Harris the judges will be the American…
