Month: August 2017

Balancing Clicks and Substance

I recently took a ten day vacation which I spent traveling through the areas involved in Red Cloud’s War, the Great Sioux War and the wars between the Blackfeet and the early Montana and Wyoming settlers. It gave me plenty...

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Shutdown and Default Growing More Likely

Goldman Sachs is now telling their investors that the chances of a government shutdown are fifty-fifty, which is their way of warning that a sharp downturn in the markets could be right over the horizon. But a possible stock...

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Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 29

A bit over a decade ago, I saw the Wachowskis’ film V For Vendetta. As the closing credits rolled, this track caught my attention: Another film that left an impression was Children of Men. The soundtrack was wonderful, but...

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Trump Won’t Stop Until He Is Blocked

The following is not new. It’s from an essay written by Rebecca Solnit and published back on May 30th: The Loneliness of Donald Trump: On the Corrosive Privilege of the Most Mocked Man in the World. It’s an erudite...

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