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Swans of All Colors (One in Particular, Though)
Washington DC…but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left.Read More
Empire Is Complicated
Washington DCGreat heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. – Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (1968) It’s all quiet on the Wall Street front.Read More
It’s All About Interest
Washington DCSame as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever wasRead More
Here’s Why the Donald Is the President (Or: The Rise of the Plongeur)
Washington DCA plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure.Read More
The Donald Speaks “The Donald” to Power
Washington DCThe record shows I took the blows And did it my way – Frank Sinatra, “My Way” (1969) Donald the Disruptor may have established another new precedent for presidential communication yesterday.Read More
A Tragicomedy of Acela Corridor Proportions
Washington DCNite Owl II: But the country’s disintegrating. What’s happened to America? What’s happened to the American dream? The Comedian: It came true. You’re lookin’ at it.Read More
Any Questions?
Washington DCEverything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen. – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (c.Read More
The Coup d’the Donald Just Got Real
Washington DCThese decrees of yours are no different from spiders’ webs. They’ll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they’ll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.Read More
Third Bull Run
Washington DCWhat do you get for pretending the danger’s not real Meek and obedient you follow the leader Down well-trodden corridors into the valley of steel What a surprise – Pink Floyd, “Sheep” (1977) November’s midtermRead More
