Heavenly! Schubert’s 5th Symphony
Sometimes it’s nice hearing something comfortable! Schubert’s 5th Symphony breaks no new ground. It is Mozart in drag. But works for me.
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Sunday Morning! Two by Hubert Selby Jr.
This week I read two novels by Hubert Selby Jr. I’d never read him before. Selby buried me.
25 of the Most Iconic Wedding Dresses of All Time
I’m obsessed with wedding dresses. If Randy Fenoli and Monte Durham from “Say Yes to the Dress” started a cult, I’d probably join.
25 Iconic Looks From The Big and Small Screen
Costumes are an essential part of the cinematic and television experience. Here are 25 iconic looks from the big and small screen.
What happens if Trump or Biden drops out?
“Why can’t they both lose?” is something I frequently wonder in presidential election years. This year, that might just be possible.
Sunday Morning! “Never Come Morning” by Nelson Algren
It’s hard to transmogrify work and poverty into art. Never Come Morning, by Nelson Algren, probably did accomplish that feat…
Joe Biden and the Incumbent Advantage
Biden’s poll numbers remain low, but the solution should be to help the president formulate a plan that will secure him another term in office
Sunday Morning! “The Gospel Singer” by Harry Crews
It’s hard to write about the South. Harry Crews’s first novel took a tone somewhere between the Grand Guignol and the Grand Ole’ Opry.
On Disillusionment As A Way of Life
We live in a world where reports of sexual abuse, everywhere, will now always be in full view. Is that bearable?
Heavenly! (Mystery Symphony)
This week, we examine another work that sounds even more like late Mozart. “Sounds like late Mozart” is high praise. For anyone.
Much Ado About Nothing In Hudson, Ohio
My God, child porn being distributed in a Hudson, Ohio school! I am appalled…Thankfully, I read the article and saved myself some angst
Former VP Walter Mondale Dead at 93
Former Vice President and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale has died at 93 after political career spanning from Hubert Humphrey to Bill Clinton.
Sunday Morning! “Little Bones” by David Baillie
David Baillie’s second novel is a supernatural mystery set in a surreal crumbling landscape where I live.
Monday Morning! More Selby Jr. and Beginning Bresson
On Hubert Selby Jr’s last novel and Robert Bresson’s “Diary of a Country Priest”, two portraits of isolated men who are suffering.
What Is the Purpose of Primaries
So, what’s the purpose of primaries anyway? Are they a process by which a political party selects its nominees, or is a function of the overall US election system?
Stephon Clark’s Killers Go Free
Anne-Marie Schubert, Sacramento’s District Attorney, has announced that she will not pursue any criminal charges against either Jared Robinet and Terrence Mercadal, two Sacramento police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last summer.
Echoes of 68?
Sanders interrupted in Seattle again. Is this going to be a continued theme for the Democratic Party and an opening for Republicans?
Memo from the American Whig Party
The Republican Party is not the American Whig Party, but its successes–and eventual failure–offer some useful lessons worth considering.
All That Jazz?
Terry Teachout on the Death of Jazz. Saul Degraw wonders if the Boomers made us all fear high culture as being for old fuddie-duddies.
