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• My Coin Auction and Photography Evolution

  

  IN THE BEGINNING, all was darkness.I started collecting coins in 1957; selling them around 1978. Not as a regular thing; just getting rid of excess stuff. But... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Swimming Through Molasses: Andrew Miller’s Novel, The Land in Winter

  

  I hated this book. The title relates to the setting, 1962-63 England, with epic snowstorms. Author Miller has won oodles of gongs for previous novels; this one... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Doctor Jesus Will See You Now

  

  As an atheist, there’s a certain bemusement toward the latest Trumpian religion-adjacent idiocies. Blasphemy? Offending people’s beliefs that themselves flout... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Elizabeth Robinson & Charmaghz: Educating Afghan Girls

  

  Great news: my daughter Elizabeth is now CEO of Charmaghz, an international non-profit development organization. Now for the bad news: it’s been outlawed, shut... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Good News: Democracy Wins in Hungary

  

  I’ve written similar headlines before. Such stories can later turn sour (like in Thailand). But let’s rejoice while we can. Hungary’s Viktor Orban and his Fides... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Wild & Crazy Early 1970’s

  

  Born in 1947, I finished law school in 1970, but was still an immature, clueless kid, a dud at job seeking. Finally I interviewed at the State Public Service... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2026 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 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