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
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
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
FORSAKING MY USUAL HOLIDAY HIATUS PART 2
YESTERDAY I DESCRIBED WHY I’M NOT TAKING my traditional Christmas-to-New Year hiatus: It’s to maintain my sense of proportion in the midst of Trump 2.0. This maintenance continues here in … Continue reading
FORSAKING MY USUAL HOLIDAY HIATUS PART 1
LONG-TIME READERS, BLESS ’EM, MAY HAVE NOTICED my choosing not to take a traditional Christmas-to-New-Years hiatus. There are two reasons: The despicable actions of Trump 2.0 continue to cry out … Continue reading
THORNTON WILDER’S WORKS
I PERUSED A GOODLY NUMBER OF HOLIDAY READINGS, several of the “Putting Up With Uncle MAGA/Woke at Dinner” variety, one of schadenfreud (“Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 