HEARING OURSELVES IN OPERA PART 1
THIS TOPIC PARAPHRASES THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER TITLE of Simon Banks’ book Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World. Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World, by Simon Banks, Troubador Publishing, … Continue reading
TRUMP CHAOS PART 2
TALES OF TRUMP CHAOS HAVE APPEARED in news sources around the world. Here in Part 2 we continue with a Midshippie Reading List and the idealogical matter of a Queens … Continue reading
TRUMP CHAOS PART 1
OUR VERY STABLE GENIUS reaches new levels of insane retribution seemingly each day. Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, are tidbits gleaned from timely news sources. The … Continue reading
OTHELLOS AND IAGOS WE’VE LOVED AND HATED PART 2
YESTERDAY, BEN BRANTLEY’S PIECE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES got us started in Othellos and Iagos through time. Here in Part 2 we pick up with a complex relationship of … Continue reading
OTHELLOS AND IAGOS WE’VE LOVED AND HATED PART 1
CULTURAL NAIF I’VE ALWAYS BEEN (Moby-Dick is about this big whale), Shakespeare’s Othello is a good-guy Moor, albeit prone to jealousy and homocide; Iago is a bad-guy all-around-conniving ensign. Imagine … Continue reading
TRUMPIAN INANITIES
FOR A “VERY STABLE GENIUS,” OUR QUEENS FELON seems to be coming up with some lamebrain actions. Here are several. Image by abc7.com The Tariffs. Despite many learned economists professing … Continue reading
SKEPTICAL OF SUPERMAN??
HA! THIS BEGAN WITH A MOMENTARY SKEPTICISM of the Man of Steel, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single … Continue reading
APRIL 5 PROTEST POSTERS
THIS PAST SATURDAY WAS A NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST against the chaos of Trump and his administration. The New York Times, April 5, 2025, reported “Mass Protests Across the Country … Continue reading
THE ACTIONS OF A QUEENS FELON
SUCCINCTLY, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES have elected a Queens felon to our highest office. He demands utter loyalty. (Read about Gen. Timothy D. Haugh below; recall James Comey.) … Continue reading
TRUMP ON AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS
I CONFESS I KNOW LITTLE about politics. But I surely know about automotive emissions. I understand their evolution from tetraethyllead additives introduced in the 1920s, through the mid-1960s assessments of … Continue reading
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