On the road again. This time I’m driving from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic — Seaside, Ore., to Jacksonville, Fla. This may take awhile. It’s a nice time of year to be piloting a late-model SUV across this great country of ours. But along the way I keep seeing Trump signs, and, occasionally, people waving Trump banners from overpasses. I see “Hillary for Prison” stickers on […]
Nope. Definitely not a masterpiece.
Thirty six years after it was made, the wife and I realized we had never actually watched “Heaven’s Gate,” the 1980 Michael Cimino film that pretty much burned everything it ever touched except, somehow, Christopher Walken’s career. The movie is now viewable on Netflix. I thought, well, it has a solid cast and that famously huge budget and much of it was filmed in my homeland of […]
Dangerous toys
Back in the day we used to have these indoor dart-gun fights. A company called Placo made spring-loaded guns that shot rubber-tipped darts. The rule was, if you got hit by a dart, you were out of the game until the next round. If the guns were new and their springs weren’t worn out, one of those darts could leave a quarter-sized welt on bare skin. Good […]
No words
Any day you have a mass murder is a bad day. This one seems even worse than usual — and not because it’s a new American record for the number of dead. For me, the worst thing about this one is my reaction to it: anger, sorrow, recrimination, and then … resignation. The worst thing is finally accepting that I live in a country where mass murders […]
Racism rule of thumb
The rule of thumb is just this: If you have to tell people you’re not racist, you are a racist. Thus, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump again confirms what even casual observers already know: Well, I am not a racist, in fact, I am the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered. Least racist? Always with the superlatives, this guy. I imagine New York Times reporter Marc […]
I got them new-car hankerin’ blues
I’m getting ready to hit the road. It’s mid-June in Florida, which means it’s time to decamp to a cooler clime. Since airfares back to the homeland are north of $900, this year I’ll be driving. I just hope the car is up to it. We have two cars: one 16 years old, the other 10. They’re both roadworthy, but they’re also both old enough that I […]
Mr. Sanders goes to Washington
I’ve been worried about the Bern. I was all for his inspiring anti-greed campaign from the start, but then fear entered the picture. I recoiled in horror as Donald Trump shambled alone from the toxic waste of the GOP primaries — not only unhurt, but apparently stronger than before. Somehow, even the hair got bigger. The unthinkable has now become thinkable. Trump could win this. The most […]
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