Down With Tyranny

feat. Howie Klein

Oct 195 min read

To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest: Rebellion, Music And Personal Truth

Sometimes I Wonder If Everyone Is As Transgressive As I Am I wasn’t really a Bob Dylan early adapter. I missed the 1962 eponymous debut...

Aug 6, 20234 min read

Donald Duck Died For Somebody's Sins... But Not Mine

I was never a Hillary fan— and I spent time with her a few times, once in the White House at a reception when she gave me a deadly look...

Sep 3, 20224 min read

Andy Paley Is... An N-Word

I met Andy Paley either through Patti Smith or Seymour Stein; I can’t remember which. At this memorable concert in Stockholm in 1976...

Jan 17, 20225 min read

The Same People Afraid Of Books Are Afraid Of Democracy

Book banning is something they do in fascist countries, not democracies. Although the practice starts becoming prevalent as a democracy...

Jul 30, 20213 min read

Carrot Or Stick? Pick

This afternoon, the Washington Post reported an interesting observation: "Survey data can’t prove conclusively whether using Facebook...

Jun 8, 20214 min read

You Feel Normal? Or Like An Outlaw? Just Askin'

Jean Genet's classic Thief's Journal, set in 1930s Europe, was published the year after I was born. Reading it as a young man, I could...

Dec 27, 20206 min read

How Many Families' Dreams Will Trump Crush On His Way Out?

NY Times reporter Emily Cochrane wrote early this morning that millions of Americans lost their unemployment coverage yesterday because...

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