privacy schmivacy

For years, people considered me out of touch and old fashioned for refusing to have anything to do with Facebook or smartphones or this whole “social media” thing. Only now are people beginning to realize how pernicious and Orwellian these platforms are. The whole concept of “social media” – especially Facebook – is anathema to […]

Santa redux 2018

A belief in Santa Claus could have a detrimental effect on parent-child relationships according to a recent study in the medical journal Lancet Psychiatry. The paper suggests that a child’s moral compass could be permanently damaged by what is normally part of the Christmas tradition: being lied to about Santa Claus. The darker reality is […]

home of the brave?

“We are not here to lecture — we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be, or how to worship,” Donald tRump said during his first foreign trip as “president” – to Saudi Arabia – last year. God bless the weapons makers for they shall inherit the […]

seeing red

The tRumps are the embodiment of gaudy, over-the-top tastelessness, so we really shouldn’t be surprised by Melanoma’s risible foray into xmas home decor. At 10K a pop, those 40 blood red trees are not only incredibly expensive and tacky – they’re an ominous warning for humanity. Make America Bleed Again. Totally macabre. Blood red tells […]

The White Album, 1968 & me

Throughout their career, and right up until the release of The Beatles [aka ‘The White Album’] the Fab Four had been a finely-honed machine designed to produce musical perfection. Their reputation was built upon an endless wave of beautifully crafted pop confections, exquisitely performed; perfectly articulated masterpieces. The White Album was the first and only […]

Hopeless

Too bad we can only look back fondly to a time when there was such a thing as an ‘anti-war’ protest movement. Those days are long gone, and may never return thanks to recent attempts by the GOP to pass laws effectively making protest illegal. These endless, genocidal wars we’re fighting today all over the […]