We are sitting here in our living room watching “The Man From Laramie (1955),” Anthony Mann’s psychological revenge saga starring James Stewart. It’s one of Stewart’s grittier roles and the cast is A-list. It’s a good one. All of that being… Read More ›
THE HOLIDAYS WHICH CELEBRATED THE END OF THE HARVEST It froze last night marking the first night of frost for this year — and the official end of harvest. Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest as well as the… Read More ›
Everyone knows the story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the OK Corral. It’s possibly the most iconic story out of the “wild west.” But there are many more stories yet untold. I’ve been following the trail of this one for a… Read More ›
The joy and perils of vortexes and wormholes Time travel is the ultimate addiction. When I discovered the window in my bedroom had turned into a wormhole, I was thrilled, though a bit worried. Venturing out of current time and… Read More ›
Once upon a time so many years ago, Americans had national fit of self-righteousness. We decided alcohol was the root of all evil. To rectify the perceived problem, the nation rose up on its collective hind legs and passed the… Read More ›
A Flashback Friday Post from July 29, 2020 You could say the Blackstone Valley was Alexander Hamilton’s dream come true. He wanted the U.S. to grow into an industrial and international powerhouse. This was the subject on which he and… Read More ›
Sean Munger’s History and Culture Dispatches Are we nearing our end? For real? Nearing the end? Sean Munger thinks so. I know we can’t go on like this. This is not the country I’ve always known. We’ve set up a… Read More ›
Those are the fatal words. They are the equivalent of the personal “things couldn’t get any worse.” Things can always get worse. The minute you believe “it can’t happen here,” that is exactly when it happens. Here or there. For… Read More ›
Blogging Insights — “Read a lot” Dr. Tanya dropped a wonderfully relevant quote today: “You need to read everything. Read fiction, non-fiction, magazines, newspapers. Read history, historical fiction, biography. Read mystery novels, fantasy, SF, horror, mainstream, literary classics, adventure, satire…. Read More ›
Fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding – Clarence Darrow
It’s the truth. Not the truth we’ve been led to believe, but the truth every nation has tried to make sure we did not know. This books is not only history. It’s also culture and art. It’s 857 pages long… Read More ›
Nationalization, expropriation and revolutionary violence will sweep away any semblance of an “orderly” transition to renewable energy. The global warming/climate change crisis is destroying our planet and our civilization. The fix is simple to understand: the fossil fuel industry must… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #162 Get that butterfly out of mothballs! Time to have an effect! If you have read or thought about time travel, you know you can’t change the past. Depending on the book you read, either you can’t because… Read More ›
How did we fall so far? WHY did we fall so far? I know there are no simple answers and I don’t expect anyone to offer one. Somehow, against all our wills, we got here anyway. We tried. We thought… Read More ›
Tragedies, calamities, doom, damnation, and the world is ending. Well, it probably IS ending and I don’t think there’s much I can do about it. I’ve been feeling tired of being me for a while. Possibly years. I am sure… Read More ›
At its root, it’s about climate change. The media will never, ever tell you this. I’ve been very quiet for the past few months, but a potentially momentous event is brewing right now (February 21, 2022): the Russian invasion of… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 