Author Archives: refugeefromreason

What a day, but the start of a welcome long weekend. It wasn’t a particularly bad day or good day. I look at the world every morning, “news junkie” and former reporter that I am. At 6:00 AM the Department … Continue reading →

They walked down St. Germain and turned into a side street, walking then to a small garage, where he called for his car, a little Renault convertible. They got in and he started to drive. “Where are we going?” “Strasbourg,” … Continue reading →

I have nothing against wealth, though, I have great concerns, as I’ve said before, about the disparity between rich and poor and the decline and fall of the middle class. I do have a remarkable distaste, however, for ostentation. This … Continue reading →

Though my weekend was quiet, it wasn’t especially restful, but drawing definition would be to much to write this morning. I spent a portion of the weekend moderately concerned over the enormous crowd drawn to Washington, DC by Glenn Beck … Continue reading →

I was 20 in 1963 when my friend and I walked over to a bus stop near our homes in Washington, DC and boarded a bus that would take us to what would become one of the most momentous rallies … Continue reading →

Since the first meeting with Gimel & Hines four months earlier, they’d been interested. He’d shown three editors maybe 5,000 very early, rough words then. He said he’d be ready to show them true work product in about ten months. … Continue reading →

Having spent a good part of my life in the newspaper business, I’m increasingly taken by the remarkable range of presentations of the news these days. More so than when I was in the business, two decades plus ago, it … Continue reading →

As regular readers of this venue know (how egotistical of me to suggest there are that many  ”regular readers,” but nonetheless, I generally spend my weekends watching movies. Well, in absolute honesty, I do things around the house that require … Continue reading →

From today’s (Sunday’s) New York Times:  Maureen Dowd: “The country is having some weird mass nervous breakdown, with the right spreading fear and disinformation that is amplified by the poisonous echo chamber that is the modern media environment.” Click here … Continue reading →

Everyday, I try to post something on this blog, but my life seems to be getting increasingly pedestrian and lacking adventure, or anything even modestly interesting.   Sure, I could tell you about my dog’s latest “trick.” He’s 8 years … Continue reading →