Watching coal-miners at work, you realize momentarily what different universes people inhabit. --George Orwell Quite by chance (no, really), I saw an old classic that had been languishing in my…
On Feb. 21, 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address a rally in New…
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry is beginning to spring a rather unseemly leak. Sounds like art may have…
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and it remains one of the seminal moments in movie history. Not so…
Waaay back in November 2008 I put my feelings about Joe Lieberman on the permanent record. In a post entitled File Under: Teflon Joe (formerly filed under: Are You Fucking…
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song. Bruce was already big, but he wasn’t over the top. Born in the U.S.A. put…
Obama is, and always was, a work in progress. Like any president. Like any politician. Like any person. And he has earned the chance, with the assistance of an invigorated…
Pivoting --and plagiarizing-- from earlier sentiment expressed in greater detail HERE, HERE and HERE, this is my succinct .02 on what's at stake and a final shout-out for any of my undecided…
Election 2012: What We Will See Boiled down to key words and concepts, there are a handful that should figure prominently as we head into 2012. The first, oft-mentioned word…
Facebook and Twitter: The Once and Future Kingmakers The younger generation, in addition to literally growing up alongside all these recent technological advances, understands that our world is increasingly a…
Sean Murphy