Ancestry & ResistanceThere’s my grandmother, Julia Johanna d’Oliveira, as an infant in her mother’s arms in Madeira, Portugal, ready to cross the Atlantic to…Apr 7Apr 7
On Monsters and LessonsWe heard the folk tales growing up. They were made into books, comic books and movies. To kill the monster is no easy feat. The werewolf is…Mar 26Mar 26
Russia & The Pig (and not MSNBC)When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Queens Pig was not in office. The Biden administration and Congress ultimately responded to the…Feb 24Feb 24
Wealth n’ FameIt’s bizarre that American culture relentlessly promotes the idea that the two ideal states to which we should all aspire are 1) great…Feb 10Feb 10
Jesse Welles Songs: Reading the MomentWe have to be able to read the moment — what’s happening now. Not on the surface, but in the undercurrents. On the surface are the fascism…Feb 10Feb 10
Understanding the Technate PlanPART I. A lot of what’s going on in Washington DC right now can be traced to the bizarre imagination of Elon Musk — an imagination born of…Feb 8Feb 8
The Rhetorical Tricks of Donald Trump pt. 1, “They Say”You gotta hand it to Donald, he has evolved quite an arsenal of rhetorical tricks that permit him to say outrageous and vile things, but…Aug 6, 2024Aug 6, 2024
A Cloak of RatsI have a “darkly optimistic” prediction about what awaits Donald Trump if he wins the election in November. I think his long con — quite…Jul 16, 2024Jul 16, 2024
JB & Donald in the AfterlifeI don’t believe in hell, but Joseph Biden does. So, according to his own belief system, Joseph Biden will, in a relatively short amount of…Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024
