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• New Robinson Auction, Ancient & Early Coins, 592 Lots, No Buyer Fee

  

  Auction 127 is now posted at:http://www.fsrcoin.com/nn.html ORhttp://www.biddr.com/auctions/fsrcoin/browse?a=5529591 lots of ancient & early coins with low... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remembering a Beautiful Person

  It was a stab to my heart seeing her name, in cold black letters, on the obituary page.We’d dated in 1974. RoseAnne Fogarty was such a beautiful person, inside... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Are All Gazans Now

  

  First Greenland, then the Panama Canal, even maybe Canada. And now Gaza. Though crazier yet, seemingly a more serious notion (at least in Trump’s broken brain). Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Golden Opportunity

  

  My readers know I love The Economist news magazine — a voice of reason in a world gone mad.But after their pre-election endorsement of Harris, I sent a... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vengeance Most Fowl

  

  No, this is not about Trump retribution vileness.It’s a 2024 film (on Netflix) in Britain’s “Wallace & Gromit” series. Wallace is a middle-aged small-time... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Golden Door (Until Now)

  

  Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. On May 14, 1938, Lotte Dreyfuss, 17, standing on a ship’s deck, saw the Statue of Liberty welcoming her to America. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shithole Country

  

  Trump’s inaugural speech bloviated that he’ll restore America’s greatness. Then he did something throwing it in the toilet.Pardoning 1500 criminals imprisoned i... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Floridazation of America

  

  “Florida Man” heading a news story has become a byword for some really crazy stuff going down. Now Bloomberg columnist Mary Ellen Klas writes of this as... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Review of a (Sensational) Review

  

  Even if you don’t think you’re into poetry, here’s a must read for you.It’s by poet Therese L. Broderick in Vox Populi, an online magazine — reviewing “Unlockin... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Ephemeral Quandary of Existence: A Philosophical Exploration

  

  (See “Important Notice” Below)Existence, as a construct, perpetually oscillates within the ontological spectrum of being and non-being. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Democrats Stand For (Or Should)

  

  Many say Kamala Harris lost because she didn’t set forth clear policies speaking to voters’ concerns. That Democrats have lost touch with their traditional base... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Film Review — “Conclave”

  

  The Pope is dead. Now to elect a new one. This is the movie “Conclave,” getting lots of buzz.It’s a sumptuous production, with a great cast, and much... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Versus Birthright Citizenship

  

  Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen. Trump hates this, saying it’s “ridiculous,” and no other country has it. (In... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Transgender Again

  

  Clementine Breen was 12, with a history of abuse and family violence, feeling depressed, seeking counseling. Saying she might be trans — or maybe lesbian or bi ... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Human Reason Confounded by a Trumpian America

  

  My veneration of human reason might be mocked as itself contrary to reason. With so much unreason afflicting the world. Yet what I revere is the idea of... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2025 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Georgian Dream — Georgian Nightmare

  

  Ukraine tests whether one country can snatch another’s territory by force. Like in olden times — but the world seemed to have progressed beyond that. Until Puti... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2024: The Year’s News in Review

  

  Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is America Ready for Democracy?

  

  Churchill supposedly said democracy is the worst system, except for all others. I’ve said the problem of democracy is voters.Democracy has always been a pillar... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• On Beauty

  

  There is no beauty in nature.Meaning that beauty is purely a human construct. If we see something in nature we call beautiful, that’s only because we see it... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Rape . . . Of ABC News (Relax and Enjoy It?)

  

  This story might seem a mere blip amid a tsunami. But it’s actually highly portentous.Trump sued ABC News for defamation, and ABC has agreed to settle, handing... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY