Continue Reading Gathering (a different kind of) clouds Seoul, Korea Having traveled East I might as well stop by Korea. South Korea, that is, of course. Wouldn’t want to interfere with the…
Continue Reading In Pursuit of Clouds Amsterdam, London, St. Petersburg The 17th century painter Jacob van Ruisdael could paint clouds like few before or after him. I’d like to hop around to…
Continue Reading Imaginary Journeys St. Gallen, CH So far I have not been able to travel abroad this year. For those who know me that is a first, given my…
Continue Reading Postcards from Pundits (7) When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown. -Stephen Jay Gould A.k.a….
Continue Reading Posting problems Looks like the posts have not been email for some days. Am trying to fix it now. Sorry
Continue Reading Postcards from Pundits (6) Now the bricks lay on Grand Street Where the neon madmen climb They all fall there so perfectly It all seems so well timed —Bob Dylan Yes,…
Continue Reading Postcards from Pundits (5) “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a…
Continue Reading Postcards from Pundits (4) We’ve got ballots flying around, being counted by hand, arriving by truck and in God knows whose custody. – David Axelrodt Never mind voter…
Continue Reading Postcards from Pundits (3) A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings…