The Well Run Dry

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

Well, well.  The last few weeks have been quite a headache indeed, or to say it in Spanish, dolor de cabeza.   I hope that snatch of foreign...

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...

There.  I said it.  But why did it need to be said? Many people have written about the campaign of Donald Trump that his campaign is entir...

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...

News is like cheaply made clothes, sometimes - it's flashy and new for a week, then starts to fade alarmingly, and before you know it, t...