The Power of Magical Thinking: Reflections on Reagan
Sean MurphyPart One: Fact The fortieth president turns 100 and a religious cult (also known as the Republican Party) can't name buildings after him quickly enough. Is there room for Reagan…
When I have fears that I may cease to be…*
I. Til Love and Fame to nothingness do sink When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain, Before high piled…
Meet The New Boss Hog (Revisited)
While I can't say I'm surprised to see this in today's paper, I still can take a moment to sigh/laugh at what a clown Daniel Snyder is. I could (and…
This is the country we live in
As I watch, with much anticipation mixed with wary optimism (amongst other feelings) how things unfold in Egypt, it's impossible to overlook a story like this from today's Boston Globe.…
Staring Over The Shoulders Of Giants: Overture
First off, super-sized kudos to Anthony Tommasini, the classical music critic for The New York Times. To even have the interest, much less the ability, to grapple with an ultimate ranking…
Sexism Sells…But Who’s Buying? (Revisited)
Our attitudes toward sex tell us just about everything we need to know about ourselves. Go ahead and open a book, put on the TV, pop in a DVD or…
Looking Into The Sun*
(March, 2000) I look down at my mother as she lay dying. It was worse than I expected. (You don’t expect anything; you worry and fear and anticipate and dread…
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!
ON THIS DAY: On Jan. 21, 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54.
Say Anything
It could have been a great story. Boy moves across the country (actually across the town, but at age nine it’s the same difference), girl moves into house across the…
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
All These Colors: Without Names, Without Sound Jimi Hendrix has been dead for a long time, and the only thing we have to reconcile the senselessness of how young he…