Dr. ESP There was quite a fight this weekend. Two of the biggest names in their sport going head to head. It was the kind of athletic affair portrayed in movies like Rocky. No, I’m not talking about the Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor boxing match in Las Vegas. That was more akin to Aesop’s “Tortoise and the Hare.” … Read more
For What It’s Worth.Dr. ESP
In 1994, Marshall McLuhan introduced the term “cool medium” in his book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts). The term is relevant in the Age of Trump, particularly as it refers to “low definition” information which affords the listener/reader a chance add to the presented data. According to McLuhan, television was … Read more
With the mass exodus of staff and advisers from the Trump administration, there is only one word to describe Herr Trump. My apologies to Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. To the tune of “Maria” from West Side Story. (spoken) Pariah . . . (sings) The most accurate description I ever heard: Pariah, Pariah, Pariah, Pariah . . . Exactly describes how I … Read more
Although they were few and far between, there were groups of German Jews who supported the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich. One such organization was the German Vanguard led by Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909-1980), a professor of religious studies at the University of Erlangen in northern Bavaria. According to a document in the … Read more