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• Great Author Discussion at Albany Library Tuesday

  

  Local author David Sylvester will be interviewed by poet Therese Broderick (my wife) about his recent Erie Canal crime novel, Hung Be the Heavens with Scarlet,... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• TV and Trump

  

  Isaac Asimov’s 1951 Foundation sci-fi trilogy had a character called “The Mule.” Initially a ridiculous figure, he had one special ability — actual mind reading... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Coming Illegal Trump Gold Coin

  

  At our coin club Christmas party, I mentioned to a buddy that the U.S. Mint is planning a Trump coin.“No way,” he said. “You’re joshing.”No, this is real, I... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Answer for Long Airport Lines: Abolish TSA

  

  Because the regime won’t negotiate reasonable restrictions on its ICE paramilitaries, a partial government shutdown has hit not ICE but TSA air travel security... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Iran: Operation Blind Fury

  

  We’re at war in Iran because in 2011, President Obama joked about Trump at a Washington dinner.That made Obama his bête noire (almost literally, for racist... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inequality and Taxing the Rich

  

  The seeming rise of inequality is a big concern. “Tax the rich” a frequent refrain. Billionaire Warren Buffett once famously said he pays a lower tax rate than... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Trump (No) Class Battleship

  

  Trump has been trumpeting a Trump Class Battleship — to trump all others — as central to a plan for juicing up our navy, which has languished while China... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “The Librarians” — Versus Right Wing Culture Vandals

  

  “The Librarians” is a 2025 film by Kim Snyder. My ex-librarian wife and I attended a screening, with a panel discussion, by the New York State Writers Institute. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My New Auction, Ancient & World Coins

  

  Auction 131 now posted at:http://www.fsrcoin.com/ii.html ORhttp://www.biddr.com/auctions/fsrcoin/browse?a=6842 (showing current bid levels)593 lots. N0 BUYER... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Political Landscape: No Bullshit

  

  Last April I wrote about a wonderful New York City conference run by James (“It’s the Economy, Stupid”) Carville’s “Democracy Matters” organization. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Epstein and Trump Sex Crimes

  

  The Trump cult screamed for release of Epstein files, fantasizing revelation of crimes by Democrats. Building upon QAnon conspiracism’s phantasmagoria about dee... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “America’s Greatness” — a Guest Commentary

  

  Back in June, Albany’s Times-Union had a commentary by footballer Jay Paterno. That was even before Minneapolis was hit by what was like a foreign invading army... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Melania — The Movie — The Bribe

  

  I first wrote about Melania Trump in February 2017, because she’d sued a blogger for $150 million (and extracted a substantial settlement) for writing about... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Buddhism Versus Humanism: What is Life About?

  

  Yuval Noah Harari’s 2015 book Sapiens is a history of civilization, with attitude. Trying to elucidate what’s up with us.One topic is religion, which he deems... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Honoring Lincoln on President’s Day: Character Matters

  

  Here is a commentary, from August, by former White House correspondent Christi Parsons; condensed by me:They might seem like a president’s performative gestures... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Derangement Syndrome, and Election Fraud — A Serious Analysis

  

  Just how sick is the Republican Trump cult? Let’s examine this seriously.Start with the recent Georgia election office FBI raid (bizarrely including National... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Justice, Accountability, Reckoning — Or Forgiveness?

  

  A periodic gathering of old friends was discussing — inevitably these days — our nation’s “situation.” How it’s unfolded, and what’s the way forward?Why did hal... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Survivor’s Guilt

  

  In 1975, at 27, I met “Paula,” 19. My girl chasing had been going nowhere. I made a date with Paula, only to cancel, having found a hotter prospect. Which soon... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The GOP is Full of Shit*

  

  If one fixation seemingly defined the Republican cult, it was Second Amendment gun rights. Yet dishonesty and hypocrisy are the party’s overriding features. Thu... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jack Smith in Bizzarroland

  

  How fitting if in the end the only person criminalized for January 6 is . . . Jack Smith. The special prosecutor.Of course some 1500 people were convicted for... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY