Red States in the Sunset
Should Trump find himself unable to run for office, might he feel he owes the red states that supported him, and even America? Before he got lost in … Read more
Should Trump find himself unable to run for office, might he feel he owes the red states that supported him, and even America? Before he got lost in … Read more
Imagine, if you would, an episode of the old PBS Program “Meeting of Minds” in which the former President meets with Robin Hood. In a recent “700 Club” … Read more
Given increased interest in space exploration, there might be a survivalist dimension to the rush to lift off the planet. I’ve been wondering lately – given increased governmental … Read more
The correctional system as it now exists in America wouldn’t be appropriate for Trump. What to do? Carl Augustas Menninger (1893-1990), the most prominent member of the family … Read more
Donald J. Trumped-up haunts my dreams. I see his bared teeth about to bite into and devour American democracy… Goodbye to all that! Donald J. Trumped-up haunts my … Read more
America’s obsession with fun as a national goal needs to be tempered with some moral realism. Fantasy, like a coin, has two sides: one positive and Utopian (Freud’s … Read more
The former president’s perverse trompe l’oeil fantasies include adding his face to Mt. Rushmore. When I recently read that the Former floated the hallucination in 2020, during a … Read more
Trump may be a kind of jester, gaming our lives, but there’s nothing, sadly, amusing about it. Even as the James Webb Space Telescope captures images of a … Read more
It’s easy to get stuck in our ruts in the age of the internet, losing our wanderlust. An old friend, former diplomat and world traveler, recently emailed a … Read more
A writer’s recollection of significant moments and sites often plays a major role in the creative process. I received a letter recently from a writer-friend who lives in … Read more