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If this little post from Kevin Drum can be given any credence, it seems to confirm a sneaking suspicion that yes, the Republican base is a ...

Sometimes I think we can all sort of hypnotize ourselves into the "humdrumness" of our lives. We adopt a routine and try to reduc...

I have a friend I haven't seen for many years now. He used to live in Chicago. We met through a mutual friend and for some reason we i...

Sometimes (maybe in the wee hours before dawn), it dawns on me that I have enemies, that not everyone I know wishes me the best. In fact, I...

I woke up hopping mad. I was dreaming of wrestling with my enemies. They are legion. And then, making the coffee, I hear a story on NPR a...

Saw Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There." If you think Bob Dylan's voice is like listening to fingernails on a chalk board, y...

"But he hurts and shines/unique, individual, a wonder without equal/he already has the courage to know he is immortal." - Caetano ...

When it comes money, I'm fairly clueless. I mean, it seems to flow, sometimes it rushes, sometimes it trickles. I make it, I spend it....

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

"I've got a word or two to say about the things that you do. You're telling all those lies about the good things that we can h...

This is cool. Arcade Fire in an elevator!

I watched some of the Democratic debate last night. More like a pseudo-event don't you think? Not really a debate. Not really much of...

Will these pro-torture, boot-licking bastards shed a tear when Cheney finally kicks the bucket (will it be a bucket of spit)? There are tho...

Went to see Shakey at the Chicago Theater last night. You know that strange, lanky guy with the quavering voice, that drove a black hearse ...

"Mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved." - Jack Kerouac

I'm happy to see that my favorite New York-based Militant Librarian is back to regular blogging. Ever since I read her post about Juli...

I have to mention that the Lovely Carla and I did a little theatrical performance last night. We were on a bill with our comedy heroes, Fam...

Norman Mailer has been silenced. He was one of the great American writers, an American character who sometimes overshadowed his own work. ...

I'm still sort of sick. Nothing major. Won't kill me. Probably. But being sick certainly focuses me. I mean, some things I thin...

According to Jacques Barzun, "The vulgarity of mankind is not only the source of art, but the ultimate one."