The Emperor’s New Codpiece

It’s fitting that a man who never came by anything through hard work, honesty or through the strength of his character got a Nobel Peace Prize secondhand from a woman who actually put her life and freedom at risk to earn it. Whatever one’s thoughts on Maria Corina Machado’s politics, one cannot help but feel […]

“When I kill you, it’s your fault”

Those lyrics come from Tim Fite’s powerful anti-establishment song “Getaway” from his 2015 album Resist. Although the specific circumstances surrounding that album’s origin were different, the words still ring true in light of what happened recently in Minneapolis. I can easily imagine a world where Kristi Noem, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi all got a […]

New Year — New Approach — No Links

At 40, I am beginning to find myself more intellectually and emotionally adrift, more so than what we’ve come to expect in the post-modern, end-stage capitalist warzone into which we have been herded by the “loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires” (thank you Paul Simon) that seem to direct every aspect of life. I find […]