When last I published in this space, the nation was facing (again) the most important election of our lifetime. Politics, both directly and as it manifests in the general culture, has been a frequent source of interest for me since I began this blog. Temporarily, I imagine, I will be taking a break from the … Continue reading Nowhere Fast
Politics
Trump vs Biden: Random Thoughts on the Clash of Titans
As I re-read yesterday's post I realized that allowing for the possibility of an unexpected (as per polling) Trump victory is as close as I've come to making a firm prediction in this election. I don't have any crystal ball, and aside from thinking that the final count will be a lot closer than expected … Continue reading Trump vs Biden: Random Thoughts on the Clash of Titans
Trump Supporters: Unshakeable
When I first began to conduct the interviews for this piece in the spring, I had a very different direction in mind than the one I ended up taking. I had, over time, noticed that my Twitter followers contained a not insignificant number of gay people who were as open about their support for Donald … Continue reading Trump Supporters: Unshakeable
All Together Now: Shared Sacrifice in the Age of COVID-19
Just shy of eighty years ago this nation was attacked on what was, more or less, our own soil. The bombing of Pearl Harbor ended any pretense of non-involvement in the growing global conflagration and made concrete the United States' active engagement in World War II. This country raised a combined services force of nearly … Continue reading All Together Now: Shared Sacrifice in the Age of COVID-19
Howard Schultz’s Brief Non-Campaign and What it Might Mean
On January 27th, 2019, Howard Schultz appeared on the television news program 60 Minutes, announcing his potential candidacy for the presidency. The Seattle based former CEO of Starbucks said he would run as an Independent, professing his centrist leanings. Considering the response from some Democratic politicians and operatives I'd have to say he struck a … Continue reading Howard Schultz’s Brief Non-Campaign and What it Might Mean
Another Inconvenient Truth
Michael Bloomberg has, to a limited extent, re-emerged as a presidential candidate in the upcoming 2020 election. He had, on March 5th, ended speculation on the subject by removing himself from the list of possible office seekers, saying that he felt he could do more to help the country in other ways. He also seemed … Continue reading Another Inconvenient Truth
Looking For Mr. Brinkley
Being a pediatric echocardiographer for over twenty years I have had hundreds, if not thousands of college bound teens on my examination table. As you'd imagine, their thoughts on potential fields of study / possible professions have been a frequent topic of conversation. Although it is not a popular contemporary career path, I do see … Continue reading Looking For Mr. Brinkley
Jewish When Convenient: That Special Tuesday in November
On June 24th, 2018, the New York Post published a piece by Jonathan Neumann entitled "Scar of David". The thrust of his article was that American Judaism was broken, and that the fixation of the left leaning portion of American Jewry on the principle of tikkun olam (repair of the world) was at the heart … Continue reading Jewish When Convenient: That Special Tuesday in November
The Malice Of Absence
Whenever the headlines of the day carry the phrase "fake news" I find myself reflecting a great deal on the atmosphere of prevarication and dishonesty that I was raised in. The product of an emotionally weak father and a mother steeped in a panalopy of mental illnesses, I am ever mindful that forthrightness went at … Continue reading The Malice Of Absence
Ford / Kavanaugh: You Aint Seen Nothing Yet
I have, as previously stated, not bathed in this story as many have over the past few weeks. Still, I am fatigued from all that I have read or seen about it and can only imagine how utterly exhausted someone would be if they clung to every item about it. There have been a number … Continue reading Ford / Kavanaugh: You Aint Seen Nothing Yet
Just Thinking 