Sifting Through Lies
Wednesday, June 16, 2021Glendale, California Sifting Through Lies Reviewing events of the past few days, I am reminded of the near impossibility... Read More
Why Read Saul Bellow?
Friday, May 21, 2021Eugene, Oregon Why Read Saul Bellow? Before recommending immersion into Mr. Bellow’s brilliant fictional worlds, I wish to apologize... Read More
Defecation, Fornication, and Dissociation
Joshua Tree National Park, CaliforniaFriday, January 8, 2021 Defecation, Fornication, and Dissociation A most troubling triad, I know, but here’s the point:... Read More
The Whole World Is Watching
Saturday, October 24, 2020Glendale, California “The Whole World Is Watching” Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators chanted this phrase, as relevant now as in 1968,... Read More
Covid and Complexity
Wednesday, October 14, 2020Glendale, California Covid and Complexity We human beings struggle mightily with the endless complexity of our world. It arouses... Read More
Enjoy The Pandemic!
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adversity, Buddhism, covid-19, crisis, insight, learning, pandemic, self-reflection, Taoism, the present
///Saturday, September 26, 2020 Cayucos, California Enjoy the Pandemic! If you’ve read past the title, then perhaps you can stomach the paradoxical,... Read More
Speak Truth to Your Friends
Sunday, September 13, 2020Glendale, California Speak Truth to Your Friends This morning’s Washington Post featured a disturbing story: Woodward’s Rage is a... Read More
Nationalism and the Internment of Chinese Uighurs
Saturday, August 29, 2020Nashville, Tennessee Nationalism and the Internment of Chinese Uighurs Day four of this car-cruising, cowering, cross-country-Covid trip brings renewed... Read More
Flatlands of Further Propaganda Followed by Hope
Friday, August 28, 2020 Fort Smith, Arkansas Flatlands of Further Propaganda Followed by Hope However tempting to describe the terrain moving from... Read More
Trump, Trucks, the Southwest and RNC Propaganda
Thursday, August 27, 2020Amarillo, Texas Trump, Trucks, the Southwest and RNC Propaganda The dreaded five-day journey took a positive turn this morning—day... Read More