American History
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Serious Times
Final thoughts of 2025. These truly are serious and dangerous times. The last question I have is, what are we going to do about it in 2026? These/ are serious timesThese/ are not serious peopleThese/ are fraught timesThese/ are not… Continue reading
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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before
From the 2025 files, we seek to understand the challenges facing us in 2026. The unraveling of America. Not that we were ever as knotted together as we think we were. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A group… 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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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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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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Giving Thanks
Well, it’s that time of year when Americans go all out preparing for the holidays, starting with Thanksgiving. Some things will always stay the same. There’s turkey and all the fixings. The grandma recipes come out, and families gather from… Continue reading
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A Year of Violent Living
The following poetic memoir is part of an upcoming chapbook titled “Walking Backward over Broken Glass.” In 1968, I was nineteen, living in Da Bronx. It was the year of cities burning. New York. Baltimore. Boston. Chicago. Detroit. Kansas City.… Continue reading
