Memory is a strange animal. And among its most mysterious behaviors is the way past recollections are triggered by current experiences and events. This morning I woke up and my first thoughts turned to May 7, 2003, a day which had been tucked away in my organic data banks for years. In the spring … Read more
Some of you may remember Jack Webb as Joe Friday on the television series Dragnet. Friday was a no-nonsense LAPD detective who had no interest in spin. Whenever questioning a witness or suspect, his trademark line was, “Just the facts.” As previously posted, Donald J. Trump declared that the massacre at the First Baptist … Read more
Following the latest mass murder involving a semi-automatic assault weapon, the denier-in-chief took a few minutes to address the situation as reported by NBC News. Asked at a joint press briefing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe if he would consider pressing for gun control measures in the wake of America’s second mass shooting … Read more
In Mueller We Trust Once again, Robert Mueller has shown he is several steps ahead of public officials and journalists. The quickness with which he has filed initial indictments took most by surprised. In an effort to catch up with the #realnews, cable news outlets have spent the last 48 hours speculating about arrests … Read more
In what is largely remembered as Malcolm McDowell’s film debut, Lindsay Anderson’s 1968 cult classic if… tells the story of a dystopian English private school in which the students forcefully take on the administration. No, I’m not suggesting the resistance take up lethal weapons. But as you’ll see at the end of the post, it … Read more