It’s becoming increasingly apparent to even the most distracted Americans that the country is falling apart economically and socially. It’s been a slow descent, but not so slow anymore. However, our problems are not merely economic. There is a shadow of social sickness enveloping the society, now becoming obvious to just about everyone. We documented this quite throughly […]
We used to have a very visible, and very personal form of violence called the cigarette, which has slowly become outlawed as such obvious displays of self-destructive behavior can no longer be tolerated. Social critics say the cigarette is a slow form of suicide. They never stop to think that maybe that’s the point. Indeed, […]
Yesterday, the New York Post published a front page story on presidential candidate Donald Trump’s most recent diatribe against Senator John McCain. The Post (and others) actually misquoted him, but he said: “He is not a war hero. He is a war hero. He’s is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” […]
“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.” —Albert Camus It seems there has always been a draw to horror stories, the weird, supernatural, and unknown powers lurking just beyond our view. All of the mysterious creatures from classic horror dwell in the darkness, where our unconscious can project our deepest […]
Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting says a lot of about who Americans are deep down: one figure timid and seemingly almost traumatized, the other defiant, and both are dour. Their unhappiness stands in stark contrast with a beautiful setting behind. Dressed in black, there is a morose darkness to their mood. But the message of this parody is one of rage matched with delusional […]
Most of us know the President of the United States is not elected; rather they are selected by a mostly invisible cadre of elite power brokers who believe in growing their own power at all costs. In the end, an enormous amount of energy and attention is diverted to national elections precisely because it does not offer […]
(Click to download an audio narration of this post.) A lot of people I know claim they are not religious. If they had said they were not very religious, I could accept it, but to claim complete separation from religious thought is like saying “I do not get angry,” or “I do not get hungry.” It’s self […]
George Carlin once joked that mankind has done little more than demolish, harvest, strip-mine and otherwise blast nature into the past, where men of science hope it will stay, out of sight and out of mind, a phantom of a world that no longer exist except in very specific fenced in areas for tourist to gawk before […]
