A root cause of the country’s decline is the malaise of the church in America. Read about another area where the American church has let us down – with grave consequences for both church and society. How The Church Is Degrading The Nation’s Health – Miami Independent
Your fearless correspondent – a new calling which only cracked open a year ago at the invitation of The Miami Independent – attended a luncheon for “pastors and faith leaders” in Lakeland, FL recently. Here is his take on the event: Pastors & Flock Fight Back – Miami Independent
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys My rating: 2 of 5 stars British writer Jean Rhys, best known for Wide Sargasso Sea, wrote an autobiographical novel Voyage in the Dark in the late 1930’s. It was picked up as a brave, female opus in the 1960s (surprise!) but, worse […]
An interactive art intervention in Andover, Mass. was a success over the weekend, drawing over fifty people. Eighty-three 11×14 B&W images taken during the mid-70s were shown. In accordance with their “analog” processing (no digital interference or manipulation whatsoever), commenting was encouraged via post-its – an analog version of social […]
Jane Chermayeff (1935-2022) Painter, traveler, lover of the Southwest Lived & painted in Santa Fe 1988-2016 Above are images from the interment of my mother’s remaining ashes (as requested) at the Fort Union Ranch, New Mexico. Over 25 friends and family attended the celebration. [please hover over images for captions] […]
Here are a few shots from Mom’s first (of two) memorial services. She died in April, having survived – and then thrived after – an accident which led to a double leg amputation six years prior. Half her ashes were buried at her mother Elizabeth Borden’s gravesite at Mt. Auburn […]
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells My rating: 2 of 5 stars H.G. Wells’s classic tale is a minor one in the Western canon, and an outdated, reprehensible one at that. Upfront I should admit I have never seen much value in science fiction, even before I was […]
I recently accepted a new challenge: as an opinion journalist. The just launched The Miami Independent (Miami’s “premier investigative newspaper”) pre-launched my first contribution on America’s spiritual collapse. The editor advised me the ticker counting views was added late, and that the piece has already received thousands of views. See […]
The Brazilian launch of My World Book 2 in conjunction with the author’s photo exhibition opening was a success over the June 19th weekend with over 30 people participating. The launch video for My World Book 2 was presented continually throughout the event. The author is also a photographer. This, […]
I am pleased to announce the return of book and other cultural events after the world’s 2 year flirtation with tyranny. On Saturday, June 18th, UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais) is hosting both a photography show opening titled “Serra de São José,” the national launch of My World Book […]
My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber My rating: 5 of 5 stars James Thurber was the major humorist – a term he derides as “loose-fitting and ugly” – of mid-20th century America. He also wrote for The New Yorker for many years. Ever since Tina Brown degraded the […]
The Enemy Within: How a Totalitarian Movement is Destroying America by David Horowitz My rating: 5 of 5 stars David Horowitz is one of the cleanest writers and clearest thinkers about contemporary politics. Like me, he is what used to be called a neo-con, that is, someone with the […]
Is Atheism Dead? by Eric Metaxas My rating: 3 of 5 stars The question of the title Is Atheism Dead? is rhetorical. The answer to anyone with a modicum of common sense and awareness is affirmative. In fact, atheism was still-born from the start. It took the stage with twisted […]
Zeno (2005-2022) brought joy to many. That, I believe, was his purpose in life. He was a handsome Lab, a good specimen of the breed. Consequently, quite a few people wished to take his picture, including the Captain of Rodônia’s main highway rescue team and a vet in Las Vegas, […]
The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Imagine a dystopian future where a leviathan federal bureaucracy is captured by a colossal global industry and, corrupting all of society’s major […]
The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Little Virtues is a little and mildly disturbing gem. The quirky Italian novelist Natalia Ginzburg compiled a group of short essays, ranging from political internal exile in 1944 through the postwar period to 1962. Her writing […]
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell My rating: 1 of 5 stars The Wolf Book Club recently debated Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, with its “fight against Fascism” motivating much of the group to enthuse despite major flaws. The book is horrendously outdated, of null literary value, and only of interest […]
America has descended into some of the darkest days of its history. It is not due to the bug, but rather the purposes to which the bug was used. Long drives into the unknown clearly evidence two Americas: one we all know and love, and another characterized by unrecognizable states […]
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann My rating: 4 of 5 stars My book club is on a morbid roll. This past ominous year we have, coincidence I’m sure, read and discussed several death-themed classics. Earlier this year Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and now Mann’s Death in […]
The Trial by Franz Kafka My rating: 5 of 5 stars Book clubs are interesting things. More so when you’re Christian and the others are not. The Trial is not a Christian book (by most accounts, Kafka was a mildly deranged ethnic Jew) but has a Christian message nevertheless – […]
