The Sky Isn’t Falling
For those who decry Western support for Ukraine, everything is a precursor to World War III. But this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Category: Feature
POETS Day! Laura Riding, Poet/Muse
Laura Riding is important among minor poets as her ideas set others thinking in ways that had consequence for later movements.
Breaking Down the Band: Oasis, Radiohead, and Pearl Jam
Three Fans Talk About The Best Shows, Albums, and Songs from Oasis, Radiohead, and Pearl Jam
Republicans Are Stuck On Shutdowns
The shutdown debate is nothing more than an exercise in political theater which gives publicity-seeking congressmen a chance to preen for the cameras.
The 2024 Best Picture Oscar Race: The Post Fall Festivals High
I currently have 35 films among 7 tiers that I consider to be competitive for a 2024 Best Picture Oscar nomination at differing levels.
MAGA Isn’t Serious… or Conservative
MAGA will accept Trump’s new position as some sort of 4-D chess master plan. And that’s true of his next position when he flip flops back too.
Who is This “They” of Whom You Speak, Russell Brand?
The question I’m beginning to ask more and more when I see this sort of thing is: who the hell is this “they” you’re talking about? Let’s go through this…
I Wanted a Stealth Fighter But This is Ridiculous
The military is pretty tight-lipped, especially when the story is embarrassing, so we may never know the full story of the errant F-35
Fumigating with Coq au Vin
Over the last couple of decades I’ve played around with various versions of coq au vin, but I’ve always kept dominance over nature in mind.
Barbie, Motherhood, and the Political Climate
Patriarchy isn’t a trick: it exists for a reason…Did Barbie walk into a trap the patriarchy set?
POETS Day! A Few from Hart Crane
I love Hart Crane, but in fractions. Crane, for me at least and I’m a bit slow on various uptakes, requires a different mindset.
A Constitutional Parable
For those disagreements, we have the judicial system and the Constitution. It works pretty well. Most of the time anyway.
Thursday Throughput: Decongestant Edition
And so here we are, 16 years later, a nation of 330 million people sniffing, snarking and snarling because a drug that has never demonstrated efficacy beyond placebo was foisted upon us as a replacement for a drug that actually, you know worked.
Kevin McCarthy Goes Fishing
Republicans who denounced Trump’s impeachments as political have apparently decided the more the merrier as Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
Ignore the Biden-Trump Polls
All of the nuts and bolts of the Biden-Trump polls and election aside, with more than a year to go there is a lot of water yet to pass under the bridge.
A Real Problem For Retail? A Shoplifting Q and A
Retail shoplifting has been a frequent topic in the news, on social media, and inspires passionate discourse. But how real is the problem?
Falling Rocks Break Everything
Covid didn’t stop us, but a closed bridge will. The other kids on this side of the border are withdrawing from the school entirely for the semester.
Can She Do That? New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Carry Laws
Gov. Grisham’s orders raise many questions and concerns from both sides of the aisle. The most obvious is, “Why is she doing this now?”
9/11 at 22: Are We Forgetting?
May the memories of the 2,977 murdered on September 11, 2001 always be for a blessing. This must never be forgotten.
BRICS Without Mortar
Despite its recent expansion, the BRICS ‘alliance’ is nothing more than vaporware. Claims of the death of the American-led world order have been greatly exaggerated.
