Dr. ESP In the continuing search for a happy medium between the demands of other projects–business, writing a novel and cleaning up after hurricanes–I have decided to move to a weekly post of random thoughts. Today, I begin with two topics which were overshadowed by concern for the residents of SE Texas, the lower Atlantic coast … Read more
The latest chapter in the life of God’s appointed huckster Joel Osteen sheds additional light on why Comrade Trump was able to con enough voters to become disciplines of his faux populism. Osteen, as you may know is the poster boy for what has become known as “the prosperity theology,” described on Wikipedia as: … Read more
“IT” is back in the news. No, I’m not talking about the remake of the the movie based on a Stephan King novel in which children disappear from a small town at the hands of an evil clown. I know, it does sound a lot like a documentary about Trump’s (oops, Sessions’) announcement to … Read more
I am willing to bet when you saw the subject line for this post, you thought I might be ranking the latest Donald Trump failed efforts to “Make America Great Again.” And one knows, the list is endless. Putting a climate change denier in charge of NASA. Creating a generation of “Ex-Dreamers.” Playing nuclear … Read more
I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more.Howard Beal/Network (1976) You have to admit, there is more than enough to be mad about these days. Yet, from time to time, there is reason to believe the world and its inhabitants are basically good. Even when Mother Nature turns her back on us … Read more