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• The Health Care Debacle

  

  Have you finally had it yet — with the incompetence and dysfunction; the war on truth; the conflicts of interest; the irresponsibility; the ties to Russia’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show

  

  My wife Therese had the idea of going to the gem, mineral, and fossil show held at the State Museum. To humor her, I agreed, though this isn’t really my thing.... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Health Care Travesty

  

  For seven years, Republicans pursued Obamacare with the obsessiveness of Captain Ahab pursuing the white whale. Now they resemble a dog chasing a car, and... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Post-Truth Politics, Post-democratic Politics

  

  (This was published as a commentary in the March 12 Albany Times-Union)“Post-truth” has been named word of the year. The subject looms large for America’s... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Paterson: the Poem Film

  

  We recently saw two films in a row featuring Abbott and Costello.Those were the names given the aliens in Arrival. And in Paterson we even get a little of “Who’... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The French Election Sex Drama

  

  HollandeI have written snarkily about French politics. (Not that today’s U.S. politics is to brag about.) I considered Socialist President Hollande ridiculous... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The President is Insane

  

  So he was able to read a nice speech from a teleprompter and appear “presidential.” Then he tweeted that President Obama had tapped his phones at Trump Tower an... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The ICE Man Cometh

  

  This title was unavoidable. ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. I have long referred to it as our Gestapo. And that was before Trump. Under... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trumpism Reveals Religious Right’s Moral Bankruptcy

  

  Their support for Trump starkly proves the moral fraudulence of the religious right — those fundamentalist bible-thumpers with their in-your-face Christianity... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Stroke of Insight

  

  It’s said that a key to happiness is gratitude for what you have. I am extremely grateful for my brain. Not that mine is so special; all human brains are. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Melania Sues a Blogger: the Trumps, Libel Laws, and the Media

  

  First Lady Melania Trump sued a Maryland blogger for $150 million for libel, and he reportedly settled by paying her a “substantial sum.” Such cases are commonl... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Selling Girls in Afghanistan

  

  You’re a thirteen year old girl, in Afghanistan, when your father sells you to a warlord as his fourth wife; with two of your sisters thrown into the deal, for... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Versus Trumplicans

  

  I’ve been writing a lot about politics because we’re in a seminal crisis.There’s been much discussion on how to respond. The post-inaugural women’s marches and... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Valentine’s Day Poem

  

  My wife being a poet, I’ve been writing poems for her for occasions like Valentine’s Day, birthdays, etc. (I published a little book of them. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Time Lords and the Leap Second

  

  My previous partner used to call me “The Time Lord” (taken from Dr. Who). Because I was a stickler for punctuality. When I was an administrative law judge, and ... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What “Charles” Did Yesterday

  

  At yesterday’s joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump welcomed him to “the very famous white house.” When I mentioned... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Shitstorm Continues

  

  In Shirley Jackson’s story “Charles,” a child returns from kindergarten each day with a new tale of outrageous misbehavior by “Charles,” the class bad boy. So... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Movie Review: “Arrival”

  

  The film starts with a reverie about memory: how it doesn’t work the way we think.* The protagonist, Louise (Amy Adams), is given what appears to be a standard... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Wet Dreams of The Gambia

  

  As America’s president trashes a world order that has sustained peace and rising global prosperity, it is reassuring to know that progress is still... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Protesting Trump’s Assault on American Values

  

  This morning I heard on the news that there’d be a protest vigil, at the Albany Airport, against Trump’s Muslim travel ban. I told my wife; we quickly found... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY