ON ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION PART 2
LET’S CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION of Lord Acton’s adage “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Part 1 dealt with Trump; here in Part 2 we focus on Pete … Continue reading
ON ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION PART 1
IN 1887 JOHN DALBERG-ACTON, 1ST BARON ACTON, wrote “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” These days, lamentable, Lord Acton’s adage comes to mind increasingly often. John Emerich … Continue reading
STROLLING THE STRAND—MIND THE PRIMEVAL HIPPOPOTAMI PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Ysenda Maxtone Graham’s LRB review of Geoff Browell and Eileen Chanin’s The Strand: A Biography. Today in Part 2, we continue the fun. Nationalizing … Continue reading
STROLLING THE STRAND—MIND THE PRIMEVAL HIPPOPOTAMI PART 1
IN READING “BUSIEST THOROUGHFARE OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD,” by Ysenda Maxtone Graham in London Review of Books, December 4, 2025, I am reminded of my sole phrase of … Continue reading
AS SHAKESPEARE WOULD SAY….
IN A MUCH-NEEDED ATTEMPT to raise discourse out of the low-IQ/LARGE CAPS level of Truth Social, here are tidbits gleaned from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, MBEBooks, and Goodreads. (See also “Bereft … Continue reading
CELEBRATING A TALENTED ARTIST RECYCLING BODY PARTS
“THE ORIGINAL BARBIE GAVE SIDE-EYE,” Daughter Suz explained to me. “But Malibu Barbie’s eyes looked absolutely blissed out,” Suz recounts, “and that’s why she continues to appeal to me.” A … Continue reading
A NEW YEAR’S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, I REMINDED TRUMP THAT he is merely a temporary resident of our White House. Today this train of thought continues. Preferred Tenant Limits. As one of The … Continue reading
A NEW YEAR’S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT PART 1
YOU, DONALD J. TRUMP, ARE MERELY A TEMPORARY RESIDENT of The White House—which belongs to the American people; not to you, not to your cowered MAGA sycophants. And, like any … Continue reading
MY FAVS OF 2025
IN THE 12.3-YEARS OF SIMANAITISSAYS, 2025 was particularly busy with almost daily entries. This was encouraged by the website occasionally being my personal protest against Trump 2.0. In spite of … Continue reading
JIMMY WALES’ WIKIPEDIA
NAME THE OUTLIER AMONG THESE TECH ENTREPRENEURS: Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google), Elon Musk (X, etc.), Pierre Omidyar (eBay), Peter Thiel (PayPal), and Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia). … Continue reading
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