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A Pox on Both Your Houses

A POX ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES

Many, many years ago when I was the editorial advisor for my college’s student newspaper, I had the opportunity to interview Mark Perrineau.  He had just played Mercutio in Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Dane’s movie Romeo and Juliet.  Along with another actor from the movie whose name escapes me and with one of my students, we four gentlemen from Verona spent an hour talking.  We spoke in a spacious enclosed porch at a villa about the movie, acting in general, the imminent Hollywood strike...

"This is the end of the third temple."

“THIS IS THE END OF THE THIRD TEMPLE.”

A lone Israeli Lockheed Martin F-35A Adir fighter darts briefly to the south as it speeds eastward though the early morning chill across the Jordan Valley towards Iran. This particular plane is one of the same fighters that attacked a Houthi fuel depot in Yemen on September 29, 2024. The Adir, which means “Strong One” in Hebrew and is one of the sobriquets of Yahweh, is headed 2,020 km towards Natanz, Iran where there is a Iranian nuclear facility. Today,...

Unspeakable horrors

UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS

The people in the photo below are headed north. In our direction. It’s what Fox News calls a caravan; or perhaps the beginning of one, or perhaps the end of one. These migrants want what we all want—to be safe and to be free.  At the moment, the scent of fear is overpowering to them.  But the smell of freedom, also faintly present, is irresistible. They have a path laid out for them, courtesy of a million or more people like them who have...

GENDER AND DRESS IN THE PARIS OLYMPICS

I wanted to add my two cents (currently 0.018 Euros) to the Olympic controversies that have arisen. First of all, I did not watch more than twenty minutes of the opening ceremonies, so I did not see the provocative skit that was alleged to be a sacrilegious takeoff on the Last Supper.  I’ve heard both sides of the controversy, but as I did not see it, I cannot personally weigh in on this issue.  What I did see in the opening ceremonies had little...

God and Trump

GOD AND TRUMP

I have been following the news very closely since the assassination attempt on the life of Donald J. Trump. I have also been interested in the first interview he gave following the shooting, his postings on his Truth Social site and the response from his followers. There are very few things that former President Trump could say that I would agree with. However, he believes that God spared him from being assassinated and that he should be dead, and I...

The case for prepping

THE CASE FOR PREPPING

The images and stories coming out of Houston, TX in the wake of Hurricane Beryl are positively heartbreaking! The only good news is that more people have not died this week than the seven or more unfortunate souls who have so far, and the event is not nearly over yet.  It seems like in and around the modern city of Houston with all of its services and stunning skyline, people are either freezing in winter or simmering in the summer heat.  Why can’t Texas...

Putin and Poo

PUTIN AND POO

Aesop is a legendary figure of whom many ancient writers speak of.  In his early years, he was quite possibly a slave, but eventually earned his freedom.  He was arrested in the Greek city of Delphi for insulting the Delphians, and thrown off a cliff to his death. Aesop was said to have written 725 fables which still exist and which were meant for entertainment purposes, but which also convey a moral or practical message to readers.  In this post (Putin and Poo)...

STOCHERE NICHT IM BIENENSTOCK

Äsop ist eine legendäre Figur, von der viele antike Schriftsteller berichten. In seinen frühen Jahren war er wahrscheinlich ein Sklave, aber schließlich erlangte er seine Freiheit. Er wurde in der griechischen Stadt Delphi verhaftet, weil er die Delphier beleidigt hatte, und von einer Klippe in den Tod gestürzt. Äsop soll 725 Fabeln verfasst haben, die noch heute existieren und die zur Unterhaltung gedacht waren, aber auch eine moralische oder praktische Botschaft an die Leser vermitteln. Eine solche Fabel ist Der...

Global warming ahead

GLOBAL WARMING AHEAD

Day-after-day for the month of May with only several exceptions, Deena and I have heard about ferocious storms sweeping across the heartland of the U.S.  They included tornados; hurricane-force, straight-line winds; damaging hail and so on. Last weekend, seven people in Texas were killed in a tornado only twelve miles from where I once lived.  Hours later, another twister grazed the town where Deena’s son and his family live.  Sunday, my son who is a fire fighter and EMT said he was deployed...

CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS

CALIBAN UPON SETOBOS

Deena sent me to the market a year ago.  She asked me to bring home a pair of steamed lobsters.  When I arrived, I went to the seafood counter to place my order and a young clerk a bit on the scrawny side asked me to pick out the lobsters from the tank next to the counter.  There were about eight to twelve lobsters in the tank, but only two were actively moving about.  The clerk looked at me.  One or two lobsters appeared like...

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