“Suppression of Irrefutable Facts.â€
September 1, 2011As we thunder through 2011, many of the things we take for granted are slowly floating past us like all that debris washing through the homes and towns in Vermont — a game-changing time is…
Category Archives: History
A Fictional War
August 30, 2011Even as Vermont drowns in its own water, the politics of war still plays on the airwaves, especially after The Dick Cheney made the rounds boasting of his new literary efforts in disengaging the truth from…
Dancing on the Ceiling, Prancing in the Corner
July 17, 2011(Illustration found here). Upchucking the ‘toon above: The good news is not gay — it’s pretty-much a hard-packed ass, not happy at all. In reality, there’s no good news. As Sunday morning dawns, the news…
The Obama Illusion
July 8, 2011One of the way-great disappointments in US history is Barack Obama, growing from ‘yes, we can’ to ‘no way’ in the space of a finger snap. Most likely, a great reason for the depressed anxiety…
Haboob Hello — Beyond the ‘Tipping Point’
July 6, 2011Haboob: A strong wind that occurs primarily along the southern edges of the Sahara in The Sudan and is associated with large sandstorms and duststorms and may be accompanied by thunderstorms. It usually lasts about…
Celebration
July 4, 2011Another view of this particular day: You profess to believe “that, of one blood, God made all nations of men to dwell on the face of all the earth,” and hath commanded all men, everywhere…
Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ — One Big-Assed Tale Concluded
April 17, 2011(Illustration: ‘Burning of Colours‘ by Wojciech Kossak found here via Google Images). After more than three months, Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace‘Â is finally finished — and to reveal how good a read it’s been,…
A World Above — Fifty Years Rocket Past
April 12, 2011Just after 1 a.m., April 12, 1961, a Soviet Vostok rocket blasted off from Baikonour cosmodrome, which alerted US radars in the Aleutian Islands. Twenty-three minutes later, Jerome Wiesner, JFK’s scientific adviser, was notified by…
Monday 4 AM — Sad State of Affairs
March 14, 2011From Aljazeera English: A second explosion rocked Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, sending a plume of smoke into the air and touching off fresh concerns of radioactive leak in the quake and tsunami-hit…
Whole Lotta People Goin’ On
February 15, 2011“‘Smart growth’ destroys the environment. ‘Dumb growth’ destroys the environment. The only difference is that ‘smart growth’ does it with good taste. It’s like booking passage on the Titanic. Whether you go first-class or steerage,…