How lion-like the Democrats sound as they circle around Social Security, bellowing their defiance! After years of servility some of them even presume to shake their fists at Alan Greenspan and hurl insults at the…
Posts published in “Essays”
The boys were flying on acid on the veneer line, that much I knew. I never worked on veneer but I saw it done. A matter of flipping big flat sheets of Doug fir off…
The US economy is headed toward crisis, and the political leadership of the country — if it can be called leadership — is preoccupied with nonexistent weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. The…
“I don’t know if we’re more religious today,” says Ken Bingman, who has taught biology in Kansas City public schools for 42 years, “but I see more and more students who want a link to…
There's nothing left but the autopsy and it doesn't take William Peterson — or even David Caruso — to decipher who killed the National Hockey League. The season is cancelled. The accusations are flying. But…
To the polite, almost rhythmic applause that characterizes European audiences, I accepted the Palme D'Or for best documentary at the Cannes Film Festival for my film “Logging.” That was the plan, anyway. Never happened. I…
Dancehall Reggae and many of its most prolific and articulate artists have as of late been treated the same as Ward Churchill, and have been censored and attacked for their “insensitive” comments. The reason for…
My son Olie and I have been traveling through Cambodia and Vietnam for the last five weeks. We are by no means a rarity; there are travelers making similar journeys here and all over the…
Because I have been a recluse for the most part of the last 25 years, if my name rings a bell with anybody, it’s probably because of my occasional AVA byline. My stuff has two…