my perceptions of history as it relates to politics, religion, philosophy, and events in my life.
Holden Caulfield! What a guy! He's the main character of J.D. Salinger's novel of the late 1950's The Catcher in the Rye , and in fact, the narrator and only character of real substance. Holden, age 16, has just gotten himself thrown out of Number ? prep...
Ok. Time for something more wholesome... and HEART-WARMING! I saw the Swedish movie A Man Called Ove . I heard it's been a hit in Sweden and other parts of Europe, but just made it to a few artsy theaters here in the States. Ove (pronounced ooo-vay) is...
The above title is to a Willie Nelson song of years ago. But what I want to talk about is - Jack Kerouac's novel, On the Road , which first appeared around 1950. It's said Kerouac wrote his book while inebriated - with alcohol. Personally, I can't imagine...
Donald Trump says this election will be rigged. He's nuts. He's nuts not because the election will not be rigged, but because he's not saying HOW it will be rigged. Every election this country has ever had has been rigged, I think. But they have not been...
Again, I want to talk about historical perspective, now in relation to the new movie Birth of a Nation directed by and starring Nate Parker. Nation has the same title as D.W. Griffith's 1916 film extravaganza which looked at the founding of our country...
Politicians like Donald Trump have made the seeming necessity of having an independent source check the veracity of their statements. Hillary Clinton is not that far behind. But again, what IS a fact? Does such an animal really exist? Certain statements...
Now that I have one or two people's attention (that may read this blog), I'm going to discuss...... well, sex. But it won't be Sex in the City, Sex in the Workplace, Sex in the Bedroom. It will be Sex in the White House, which is fast becoming our latest...
I just heard an NPR reporter on the radio, talking about supposedly the best pitcher now in baseball. He said something like: to show you how great this guy is, he makes $35 million a year! I said, that's not greatness, that's GREED. Since when is the...
My first exposure to Bruce Springsteen came in the spring of 1974 while I was a senior at Swarthmore College on the west side of Philadelphia. He gave a concert in our outdoor amphitheater. That wasn't so unusual given the fact that he lived, and still...
