For all human beings, the reality we experience on a daily basis is the product of our language. Language allows people in every culture to categorize and conceptualize reality, define it in rational terms, and ultimately, to help create it. More importantly, it enables people to communicate with each other about this physical realm we […]
I became estranged from my father after my parents’ divorce in the early 90s. My wife Valerie and I had been living in Albuquerque for a few years at that point and we began hearing rumors that my dad – Roscoe – had bought a mail-order bride over from the Philippines and married her. She was half […]
THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN (Riverside, California) Google Earth. Long shot of the American continent. Zoom in to the west coast. The Pacific Ocean is on the left. Zoom in again to southern California. The geography of the Los Angeles basin is easily recognizable – Oxnard further to the northwest along the coast, Palos […]
Musings on the Beatles and Manson Another bizarre twist to this tale involves a little guy by the name of Charles Manson. He was so obsessed with The Beatles he thought they were sending hidden messages directly to him through their music. While this had nothing to do with the ‘Paul is dead’ controversy per […]
In this blog I will demonstrate how the term ‘conspiracy theory’ has been misused by the media. In particular, I will focus on the so-called ‘alternative media’ and the many ways they marginalize and isolate reasonable suspicions about the political economy which have the potential to de-legitimize the prevailing social order. The archetypical example of […]
Michele Leonhart’s days as head of the US Drug Enforcement Agency are numbered. Last week, members of the House Oversight Committee delivered a vote of “no confidence” in her leadership abilities. Leonhart’s tenure as chief administrator for the troubled agency has seen a litany of scandals, including – among others – the massacre of civilians […]
According to a recent study [2015], study by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), America’s Skills Challenge: Millennials and the Future, American millennials are some of the most unskilled people on the planet The Princeton-based researchers administered a test called the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to measure the aptitude of adults […]
A recent report from the Council on Foreign Relations [CFR] confirms that the U.S. public education system is making Americans so dumb it has now become a national security risk. Our very survival as a nation is at stake, according to the task force. Forget the threat of terrorism, the war on drugs, gay marriage […]
(NOTE: this is a work of SCIENCE-FICTION (Or is it?…) From ‘Tales of the New Mexico Mythos: Weird Fiction from the Land of Enchantment,’ an E-book published by The Zombie Lama, available from Amazon.com). *** I met a very interesting gentleman while visiting the Roswell UFO convention with my wife last year. He approached me at […]
Iron Sky is a totally over the top science fiction parody ostensibly about Nazis on the moon who invade Earth. It was produced by Tero Kalkoman and created by a team of independent Finnish film-makers, led by Timo Vuorensola as director. The film is Vuorensola’s first major film project. He is well-known in his homeland, […]
