“They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom, of trying to change the system from within. I’m coming now, I’m coming to reward them. First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.” So sang the late great American lyric poet Leonard Cohen in 1988. Vladimir Putin must be among Cohen’s fans, notwithstanding that he was both a Buddhist and a Jew. Putin took Manhattan on Nov. 8 … [Read more...]
We don’t need no education, biblical or not
I’ve been right more often than the Bible over the past 40 years. That’s mostly because I’m a lot closer to reality than ancient writers of morality metaphors for illiterate goatherds or pyramid construction slaves 3,500 years ago. (They REALLY needed a union.) If you think the above intentionally inflammatory, you are entirely correct. Please don’t become angry with … [Read more...]