In Memoriam, Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo Journalist
“Some may say that slow is good–and they may be right on some days — but I am here to tell you that fast is better… It will always be better to be shot out of a cannon than squeezed out of a tube…
View ArticleExcuse Me, “Drawdown” Means What?
As Orwell Said As George Orwell explained in “Politics and the English Language,” we can't understand our own thoughts if we use phony language.
View ArticlePolitical Fantasy
Writing political fantasy is a project well-suited to the modern mind. We have now seen enough political evolution at warp speed, accelerated into a whirlwind of media conjuration that has the capacity...
View ArticleReview of “The Stars My Destination,” by Alfred Bester
This book by Alfred Bester was published in 1957, and remains a classic of its time. A high-water mark of the imagination in any literary genre, this novel chronicles the revenge-fueled adventures of...
View ArticleTHE PROMISED GOD MAN IS WEIRD
Just the other day, for the first time, I found myself interested in Franklin Jones. I found this book of his, “The Promised God-Man Is Here,” at the Bookwagon, down in the Ashland Shopping Center...
View ArticleSTRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND — HEINLEIN’S HIPPIE JOKE
The seminal sixties novel that ironically was taken up as a bible for group sex communes was probably written as a total joke by Robert Heinlein, who was not to my knowledge known for being a freakin’...
View ArticleLEONARD COHEN, POISONED BY ZEN
Sometimes an artist produces one work too many. The one that shows he is not only past his prime, but has actually gone to seed. With Ten New Songs, the listener witnesses a great talent going into...
View ArticleThe Undermining and Over-arming of Iraq
For years I've been publishing RagingBlog.com using a home-made web-publishing interface, but that's over! I've switched to WordPress and am on the verge of loving it! Why not totally loving it? Well,...
View ArticleBiblioBurro – One Man’s Project to Share His Love of Reading
Today I read a story about Luis Soriano, a Colombian schoolteacher who runs a burro-powered mobile library. He has two burros, one named Alfa, the other named Beto. Taken together they spell the word...
View ArticlePornographers Infringe Emily Trademark and Mattel Is Silent — How Swell Is That?
Is it only the slender-hipped, bullet-bra type that gets any respect in Hollywood?
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