“Art is magic liberated from the lie of being truth.” – Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia It is hard to keep…
I wrote this essay about Kris Kristofferson on September 21, 2024 a week before he died on September 28, 2024. In the intervening week, I was surprised to receive a message from one of his children who had read my tribute and was showing it to Kris whom I was told would appreciate it. His death deeply saddened me, but I was also glad that I wrote it when I did and that Kris may have found comfort in knowing that someone was listening and knows “he beat the devil” as he “fed the hunger in his soul.
There is no doubt we are moving deeper into a dark period in U.S. American history, one that may make the 1950s look tame. A new/old strategy of tension is underway, pitting people against each other while the 1%, the killers, and the warmongers roll on and over ordinary people as they crack down on civil liberties, dissent, and everything a free people hold sacred.
“You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for” – Billy…
Words have a power to enchant and mesmerize. Linguistic mind-control – language as sorcery – especially when linked to traumatic events such as the September 11th and anthrax attacks, can strike people dumb and blind.
In a country with a Mount Rushmore that celebrates the ruthless and frenetic westward expansion, it might be a bit…
Whenever I get the infrequent opportunity to walk the wild deserted Cape Cod outer Atlantic beach in the early morning,…
“They didn’t act like people and they didn’t act like actors. It’s hard to explain.” …
For anyone who still thinks Donald Trump does not represent the interests of what is called “the deep state” but…
The Satanic Nature Of The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki America Has Been Doing This Evil From Day One From…