From AIDS to Corona, Silence=Death
In his book The Return of the Real: The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century, American art critic Hal …
Tag Archives: politics
If Only Elizabeth Warren Would Sit Down and Shut Up — Then She Would Be Perfect!
Telemachus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer’s Odyssey. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on …
Why We Need To Put Pizzazz in Impeachment (and Rebuild America’s Educational System)
Shortly after the world changed on November 8, 2016, one of my no-longer-friends enthusiastically declared that we finally had a …
Let’s Not Watch Roseanne, OK?
You may or may not have noticed that Roseanne is back. Not Roseanne Barr–she never left–but Roseanne Conner with her …
Our Government’s War on Women (and Free Speech) Wages On… Stop SESTA-FOSTA!
There is a lot going on. I could spend entire days following the news and still feel like I was …
Introducing…Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World
Dearest reader, I am delighted (and a bit nervous) to announce the release of my latest book, Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, …
White People, Step Up
Ever since the election in November, I’ve had several friends mention that they were going to ration their Facebook time, …
Why Your Hipster T-Shirt Doesn’t Make You a Feminist
Mark Ruffalo’s delightful response to the “I Am Not a Feminist” phenomenon, in which he castigates the current trend of women (and maybe …
