Penny Arcade: Lasting Voice of Longing

Great art does not occur in a vacuum. Picasso painted Guernica in response to Fascist…

Black Writer Ankles Ivory Tower - To Live and Die in LA

Subterranean Nobel Blues

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can…

Fear and Loathing in Cleveland

During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln received over 10,000 death threats. As he campaigned for…

Trump: Apprentice to Evil

The media created Trump. From the glossy reporting of his early romantic adventures and business scams, to the…

The Thug Stops Here

I’ve held out long enough. Not joining the anti-Trump chorus has been a matter of pride. Except for a few churlish Facebook…

Act presidential? Why start now?

Humor can lead us through the worst of times. A well-placed joke brightens the looming disaster, a ray…

Shorting The Big Short

I avoided Liar’s Poker when it was published in 1989, a year that I would just as soon forget. In the early spring, I…

New York Times: Grey Lady or Lapdog?

The New York Times continues its featherweight coverage of the election, pivoting from what some described as its open support of Hillary Clinton (with friends like these, who needs enemies?) to the tacit promotion of the Trump political brand. Actually, it’s not…

Putin sends Trump reinforcements

Current events continue to facilitate Putin’s orchestrated support for Trump. The unfortunate U.S.-led…