The Well Run Dry

Libertine: a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters . ...

I almost titled this post, "How do you say 'Head Fake' in Scouse?" Many may not know this, but British actor Bernard Hill,...

I have a couple of posts in the embryonic state, which I hope to develop and publish within the next few weeks.  But something happened that...

I've been enjoying listening to some talks by Jamila Raqib , who is Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution and a Research...

This last week has been less than kind to the junta which now holds the reins of the U.S. presidency.  Things have been particularly hard on...

I've been more than a little grouchy this week.  I think it has to do with the regime that is currently infesting the U.S. Government (o...

In the wake of Donald Trump's ill-gotten capture of the Presidency, it has been mildly interesting to see mainstream television entertai...

As I think about this present time, I am reminded of special days which I have grown to dislike over the years.  One of those special days i...

Another week, another mass shooting in America.  (Actually, there were several , but only one managed to be selected as worthy of national n...

  Image taken from The Dreadful Story of Pauline and the Matches, Heinrich Hoffman, 1858. (I offer my apologies in advance to Warren Z...

I noticed this week that someone posted a recent comment on my post, "The Breakup of Pathological Spaces."  I also noticed two oth...

Among the animals there are natural-born predators - animals who are specifically designed to live by eating other animals.  They are incap...

"Then He said to them, 'Watch out, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does h...

Update - 9 March 2020: This post should be taken with a grain of salt.  I wrote it during a time in which most of the West was being flooded...