Tag Archives: America

In seventeen and forty one

Posted on May 29, 2005 by John

In seventeen and forty one, my family reached these shores; each generation since that time has fought this country’s wars. Against the French, and then the Britons, then in Union blue; the Spanish, Mexican and Natives, when each call came … Continue reading →

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Bipartisan Blues

Posted on May 12, 2005 by John

The fascist right … the commie left … the accusations fly, with neither side, in truth, much worried ’bout the little guy; they do not represent him, even though that’s what they claim, ’cause behind all their rhetoric, they’re pretty … Continue reading →

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Neo Politics

Posted on November 17, 2004 by John

Neoconservatism is not a threat to the free-living, free-wheeling, bleeding heart liberal philosophy of us drug-crazed, sex-minded hippie freaks. No, despite its definition as “an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view … Continue reading →

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Rambling on Politics

Posted on July 12, 2004 by John

Democracy is dependent upon a single, basic premise: that those with power as a result of wealth and social standing are willing to reject the advantage conferred by the possesion of this power and reject the use of any such … Continue reading →

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Ray Charles: Eyesight From the Blind

Posted on June 11, 2004 by John

In one of his early 70s comedy routines, Flip Wilson imagined a conversation between Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain (and I paraphrase, as the album Cowboys and Colored People is long out of print and my vinyl is … Continue reading →

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The Light of America

Posted on June 9, 2004 by John

America, your shadow casts a lengthy darkness where it should serve as a lamp to guide the blind; and those enemies you imagine beyond your hallowed gates, fermenting with opportunities to express their angst and shake you from your complacent … Continue reading →

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America, I know your secret

Posted on April 29, 2004 by John

America, I know your secret: there is no deep intellectual struggle fermenting in your collective mind — that’s for the coasts to sort out amongst themselves, with their isolationist disdain for solidarity, thinking that beyond the Holland Tunnel, above the … Continue reading →

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