Democracy
The word ‘democracy’ has a confusing etymology, and nobody knows how to really define it: which makes it an easy term to use duplicitously. My advice is, don’t get in … Continue reading
Nancy Cunard: quixotic vagabond
“There are free, impudent spirits who would like to deny that at bottom they are broken, incurable hearts”. (Nietzsche contra Wagner 1889) Nancy Cunard was a pioneer agitator for civil … Continue reading
The JFK murder
This essay about a 50 year old murder is written for all those who, like me, have not thought about that crime in any detail (the few of us!) and … Continue reading
Ground control to Major Tom
Do you know the 1969 song Space Oddity by David Bowie? “Ground control to Major Tom, your circuits dead, there’s something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom?” Sometimes a … Continue reading
Freedom
There’s a real possibility that George Carlin will go down as a stand up comedian. A good one, maybe the funniest man on the planet as one fan put it, … Continue reading
Keywords
There are two main attitudes towards words. The first, older attitude is magical. Knowledge is power, and knowing the name of a force, entity or process gives you power over … Continue reading
