Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Independence Day

I blame Reagan. And then Bill Clinton put a stake in the heart of the middle class, all in an effort to save his job. The right wing intelligentsia lauded Reagan’s “accomplishments” to the point where they cannot be challenged. In a disinformation campaign they slapped highways and buildings with Reagan’s name, as if that […]

My Uber Driver

He was coming in an F-150. I’ve been driving the past two weeks, but Felice’s machine, you see mine is a stick and I’m not quite up to that, but today she needed her Lexus so I had to use Uber. I’m always uptight about using Uber, especially when I need to be buckled in, […]

Even More Brexit

If you read only one thing on this vote/crisis, you must read Glenn Greenwald’s article on theintercept.com. Greenwald delineates the real issues at play, primarily the war between the elites and the have-nots, the contempt the former have for the latter. The educated upstarts believe they’re entitled to a pass because they weren’t born with […]

Brexit

It’s kinda like vinyl records. They make no sense, but there’s a vocal minority whose heartfelt desire is to jet back to the past. Oh, don’t get your knickers in a twist, put your emotions aside, I’ve got thousands of discs, and a turntable to play them, but I don’t, because it’s too inconvenient. But […]