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An occasional missive

  • Crass and Deranged

    I’d wager even his base knows who the above headline refers to. The man is completely out of control. Snapping out endless lies in a vain attempt to cover his…


  • Growing Older, Growing Wiser?

    “Anyone who survives childhood has enough to write about for the rest of their lives.” Flannery O’Connor I’ve always found comfort in the above quote. I don’t think it applies…


  • How Long Can the Madness Persist?

    I told myself to take a break from thinking about the insane clown. But it doesn’t work. I can do it for an hour or two. Yesterday I went surfing…


  • My Three Favorites

    A good friend and fellow writer asked me (and others) for a list of my three favorite books. Since I primarily read and write fiction, and taught American Lit for…


  • Are They All Bad?

    I was having a conversation with my daughter, Jessie, when, as is unfortunately the norm in all conversations these days, the talk turned toward politics and the crew of spineless…


  • Yes, It Matters

    Yes, It Matters I’m a skeptical kind of guy. It’s in my Eastern European DNA—the Cossacks are never far from the door. And that old glass half-empty or half-full characterization…


  • Some More Good Stuff

    Yes, it still exists. As the world appears to around us, and our president drags us closer and closer to the abyss, I find myself  ever more in need of…


  • A Shanda*

    It drives me crazy, as a Jewish person,  that trump and the republican flunkies attack our elite universities with the excuse that those institutions are anti-Semitic.  Not to mince words—that…


  • Maybe It’s All a Bad Dream

    This has been a miserable 14 months for our country, no doubt about it. All of the institutions and norms of democracy have been under attack by the far-right wing…


  • Where’s Karma When We Need It?

    I used to think that karma was real, that, in the end, people got what they deserved based on their life actions. Some folks might think of that as a…


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