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Resolutions
I’ve made my one resolution for 2026. I will have no resolutions What’s the point? I’m just going to break them in one week or one month or somewhere around May when it begins to get L.A. weather lovely, and… Continue reading
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What’s Bugging Us These Days
From the files of 2025, a series of unanswered questions. Watching your screens, computer, TV, and phone these days, do you ever get the feeling there’s just too much happening in your mind and your life? There’s the stress at… Continue reading
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What the $?@$ is Going On?
(From the files of 2025, a look back at some of my controversial thoughts on this hell on earth.) In 2024, Hollywood declared that the Civil War had arrived. The trailer teases you with flurries of out-of-context dialogue, “There’s some… Continue reading
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A Mob of Sheep
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”—Sinclair Lewis This is the second of two essays on Trumpism. The first was “The Ministry of Lies.” The following essay was posted in June… Continue reading
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Shock and Awe
From the files of 2025 comes Shock and Awe, published three days (January 23, 2025) after The Madman was sworn in for a second term as, get this, President of the United States of America. The bombing came rapidlyBOOM. BOOM.… Continue reading
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IDGAF
(This essay was published earlier this year, before the inauguration of the Clown in the White House. I’m republishing this to point out how right I was.) On Monday, January 20, 2025, The Madman will be sworn in as President… Continue reading
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Bah Humbug
When I was a child, I couldn’t wait until Christmas to find out what my presents would be. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out where my parents were hiding the unwrapped presents (the apartment wasn’t that big),… Continue reading
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i dent i ty
The following was inspired by the book The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity, edited by Blas Falconer and Lorraine M. Lopez. who am i there are so many names according to themthose people who build the labelswrite the… Continue reading
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The Ministry of Lies
Considering recent events, I suggest revisiting this essay, which I have rewritten multiple times over the past few years and have recently updated to reflect the current situation. Don’t say you weren’t warned. I’m not naïve. The practice of lying… Continue reading
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7 7
December 8, 2025, marks my 77 rotations around the sun. The number 7 7 An angel number, I read it somewhere A powerful sign, I read it somewhere A spiritual awakening And Divine guidance, I read it somewhere I read… Continue reading
