The Thought Criminal

"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it." Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010 LEVEL BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE

Monday, March 14, 2016

You've Got One Month To Rescue Your 19th Century Faith

Hate Update: They've produced snark, no answers. Materialists are some of the most absolutist of credulous fundamentalists. You've ...

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Brahms Symphony no. 3 op. 90 Piano-4 Hands

1st and 2nd mvts, Yuka Beppu - Machiko Syojy 3rd mvt, Kaede Tomita - Yui Hirao 4th mvt, Yuki Osaki 　Mayu Wakakuwa I just can't...

Eugene O'Neill - Scene from Long Day's Journey Into Night

William Hutt and Tom McCamus

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Athol Fugard: 'The Play-Writing Process' And A Difference Between Actors and Musicians

This isn't a lecture, it is great that someone as renowned as Athol Fugard insisted it be something other than a lecture and that it...

On The Hitlerian Manipulation of Violent Spectacle

I looked around a bit to see what people were saying about the fiasco in Chicago, the cancelled Trump appearance at the University of Illin...

Friday, March 11, 2016

Samantha Bee Is Great And The Clowns Are The Adults Of Our Media

These people are so obviously, unambiguously insane liars and fronts for the gun industry that the fact that our "free press" i...

(Dis)Comfort Viewing

I am worn out and sick. Posting is going to be hit or miss till I get rid of this lingering cold. I'm tempted to get all of the vide...

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Answer

If you want to know what's wrong with #BernieOrBust, that will come when the "bust" part of that empty slogan kicks in. And...

Give People A Lottery Ticket For Voting And Other Ideas For Thwarting Voter Suppression

I don't usually listen to the Marketplace Morning Report that interrupts the pathetic excuse for "public broadcasting" the mer...

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

A Footnote To This Morning's Post

I should note that Maine has one of the "biggest" Green parties in the country, the Maine Green Party boasts that Maine has the hi...

After Three Decades It's Time To Face The Fact That The Green Party Is Going Nowhere

E very once in a while, since I started posting pieces, I've gone to look at what the Green Party is doing in the United States . I me...

Monday, March 7, 2016

Why I Hate The Caucus (non)System And Why The Saunders Campaign Was Almost Certainly A Big Loss For The Left

I have been participating in Democratic caucuses since the 1960s. first as an observer, then as a voter and I can tell you that I have grad...

The Tragic Disintegration of Science

I haven't gone through all of the links yet but RMJ pointed out this article which documents the devastating failure under rigorous re...

Sunday, March 6, 2016

What Low Turnout?

I just got back from my town's Democratic caucus and can report that it was our heaviest turnout in the history of our town Democratic c...

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Caitlyn Jenner Endorses Ted Cruz

Caitlyn Jenner Endorses Ted Cruz . Caitlyn Jenner is a selfish idiot. Which is not surprising for a rich, Republican. Just as so many ot...

Hate Mail - Absurdity

Either someone can't count or they can't hear accurately. Or they never bothered to listen to the entire piece. Well, it could be ...

The Donald Trump Wing of the Republican Party Is Foul Brood Of Its Corrupt Adults

F or someone from Maine, the current frenzy in the Republican Party to disavow the Donald Trump candidacy is especially strange. The claim ...

Friday, March 4, 2016

Dave Holland Quintet - Prime Directive

Dave Holland - bass Robin Eubanks - trombone Chris Potter - saxophone Steve Nelson - vibraphone Nate Smith - drums The duo playing ...

Nothing Is Easy And Simple No Matter How Much We Want It To Be: Long Footnote to This Morning's Post

J ust as reading the Congregationalist Marilynne Robinson in the last decade knocked me into a totally different place, in this decade the C...

There Is Nothing Moral About Letting Trump, Cruz or Rubio Win The Election As You Preen In Your Purity

M arcia Pally's piece at Religion Dispatches about the issues of purity vs. political effectiveness in the nomination fight between the...

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