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
Must You Feel Empty and Lonely?
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Must You Feel Empty and Lonely? Usually inspired by J. Krishnamurti’s words, these excerpts from his teachings left me troubled: People running... Read More
Atlanta Shooting: The Rush to Oversimplify
Sunday, March 21, 2021Glendale, California Atlanta Shooting: The Rush to Oversimplify My Dearest Readers, [Before delving into a possibly life-endangering topic, I... 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
How Belief’s Divide
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Sunday, September 20, 2020 Glendale, California How Beliefs Divide You cannot not have beliefs. And, yet, your beliefs are necessarily divisive. How?... 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
Moods of the East (Arizona)
Wednesday, August 26, 2020Flagstaff, Arizona Moods of the East (Arizona) Euphoria Ending 8-hour drive, seeing statuesque conifers, being at 7000 feet altitude,... Read More