Monday, January 21, 2019 will be Martin Luther King Day, and I am posting this piece in advance so that…
“In my little town/ I grew up believing/God keeps his eye on us all.” – Simon and Garfunkel, My…
“One also knows from his letters that nothing appeared more sacred to Van Gogh than work.” – John Berger, “Vincent…
A few years ago I married myself, but we’ve reconsidered and have filed for divorce. It’s no one’s fault really,…
“It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They…
“Between the experience of living a normal life at this moment on the planet and the public narratives being offered…
In this interview concerning the attacks of September 11, 2001, the wonderful interviewer Julian Charles of “The Mind Renewed” interviews…
It is rare that Thanksgiving falls on a significant date, as it does this year, November 22, the date President…
“They say they can’t believe it, it’s a sacrilegious shame Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of…
The other day an unfinished and uncorrected draft of an article with the title, Phil Ochs and the Crucifixion of…