Since death is one idea that has no history except as an idea and not a reality any of us…
“And all the news just repeats itself Like some forgotten dream we’ve both seen” – John Prine, Hello in There…
As any risk-taking pioneer knows, it is lonely taking the lead and suffering the derisive scorn of one’s compatriots. I…
“All things transient are but a parable” Goethe, Faust These books are killing me he thought. The sun has risen,…
“Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind.” – Shakespeare, King Lear Many thousands of New Yorkers have temporarily…
Phil Ochs, like John Prine who just died, was a great songwriter and singer who probed the depths of our…
From a wonderful singer and song writer, John Prine.
While there is much talk these days about “fake news,” omitting important news is perhaps as widespread and egregiously harmful…
“For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak with most miraculous organ.” – Hamlet On May 1, 1962, President…