Say you want to start a second career as a teacher. You might make a little money teaching adult education courses. You might even work…
1 CommentPublishing dark matter since 2018
Publishing dark matter since 2018
Say you want to start a second career as a teacher. You might make a little money teaching adult education courses. You might even work…
1 CommentAs I wrote this on Sunday, Joe Biden pulled out, immediately causing the commentariat to suck all the oxygen from the mediasphere. (NPR binged on…
Leave a CommentHalf a Cup of Sand and Sky, by Nadine Bjursten (book review) Alder House Books October 17, 2023 English Paperback 402 pages 9789198861617 NOTE: Review…
Leave a CommentDear Readers, I had hoped to send this letter out from Perfidy Press, but am experiencing technical difficulties with the software. In any event, this…
Leave a CommentI feel guilty for allowing a pet to die, but not as guilty as certain national leaders should feel. Here’s the story. In 2009, after…
Leave a CommentNamed after a third-century Persian prophet named Mani, Manicheism is an extreme form of dualistic gnosticism. It is gnostic because it promises salvation through the…
Leave a CommentThanks to having our offer on a house accepted, June came and went without finding time to emit a newsletter; if you’ve ever gone through…
Leave a CommentThis is a difficult subject, but recently it’s been bothering me a lot and it’s all Steve Bannon’s fault.
Let’s say you hate something—anything from water pollution to child trafficking—with a passion. Maybe a kid you know got poisoned by PCBs or disappeared. You loathe it so much, you feel, that if you ever captured a trafficker or a polluter you would gladly torture him. Better yet, get someone else to do it and enjoy their suffering vicariously.
Maybe you wouldn’t get off on that, but mightn’t you titter at someone slipping on a banana peel? That’s a mild form of schadenfreude, and we’ve all felt it at some point in our lives. We’re talking about human
Leave a CommentThese are tough times for political progressives in that Disneyland of the Mind called the Sunshine State. (Wasn’t “Orange Sunshine” a popular variety of LSD?) Lefties there recently lost a cherished political journalist, but at least an equally acerbic progressive politician remains to entertain them.
Veteran Miami Herald columnist and gonzo novelist Carl Hiaasen’s retirement last March (read his parting shot) left a yawning sinkhole in Florida journalism. For 35 years his columns had the zing of wit and truth like those of his long-time colleague, humorist Dave Barry. Like his op-eds, his two dozen riotous novels—most with two-word titles such as Strip Tease and Skinny Dip—skewered corrupt politicians, greedy land developers, and know-nothing civic boosters, who often received their comeuppance from wild animals.
Leave a CommentWhat we can expect from Donald Trump and his storm troopers in 2021
3 Comments