The Chicken and the Egg
You know that old riddle about the chicken and the egg and which came first? I had an idea about how to answer that, which is neither and both since…
It is dangerous to research history where the established authorities are smoking crack
You know that old riddle about the chicken and the egg and which came first? I had an idea about how to answer that, which is neither and both since…
I think Mulholland Drive is a movie about how Hollywood seduces and destroys people. Betty (Naomi Watts character) is actually Diane Selwyn—Betty is a representation of her hokey internal self-image…
Originally published on Counterpunch. In assessing the present condition of things, the endemic corruption and open hostility on the part of our alleged representatives to the needs and concerns of…
Have released a mix CD containing tracks from my last 4 bandcamp releases. Streaming and downloading are king now, but you’re not a legit artist until you have music on…
Not honestly much a fan of managed debate. I collect Q&A tweets using my twitter account (periodically renamed due to OCD tendencies). In no semblance of real order, and by…
Just published an ebook on Amazon Kindle: ‘The centenary of the Russian Revolution of October 1917 represents a unique moment for historical remembrance and celebration, the event in question a…
Gary Leupp, who has written good material in the past for Counterpunch, asks ‘What if there was no collusion?’ The entire point of the Mueller investigation, Leupp alleges, ‘has been…
Originally published at New Matilda, though they seem to have joined so much of the rest of the nominal left. ‘The whole aim of practical politics,’ wrote US journalist H.…