THE BIRTH OF FOLK-ROCK

In the late 50s and early 60s, popular music was far more stratified than it is now. The categories were rigid and there was very little crossover between genres. Indeed, as the new decade dawned (1960), each faction grew more firmly entrenched. Before the cultural revolution of the mid ‘60s, Jazz, R&B, Blues, pop, Rock […]

THE POTSDAM DECLARATION

Japan’s leaders had many reasons to resist the Potsdam Declaration initially. As discussed in J. Samuel Walker’s Prompt & Utter Destruction, The Declaration – also known as the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender – was a document outlining the conditions for Japan’s surrender in World War II issued by the US, Great Britain and […]

CLOUDS OF SECRECY

The United States maintained massive, highly secretive chemical and biological weapons manufacturing programs for most of the 20th century. Originally created as a deterrent against foreign adversaries during World War I and World War II, these offensive programs stockpiled thousands of tons of lethal agents before they were permanently dismantled under international treaties. Initiated by […]

THE SOCIOPATH [a poem]

What glib and superficialcharm you havea grandiose estimationin your eyes;a need for constant stimulationof courseand oh, the constant lies! So cunning and manipulativeyou lack remorsebut you’re never guilty;a superficial emotional responseor worsecallousness and lack of empathy You are a parasitewithout behavioral controlsyour sexual promiscuity andunderlying misogyny meansyou lack realistic long-term goals; made worse by impulsivity,juvenile […]

Sociopathic Society

An empire based on unrestrained capitalism, rampant militarism and violence, inequality and conspicuous greed — with no concern for preservation of the common good — is doomed to fail. Long valued as an agent of upward mobility and progress, The American Dream has now turned pathological. It’s become sociopathic. In a sociopathic society, anti-social behavior […]

USA: THE WORST OF EVERYTHING!

The main reason so many EU countries have strong economies and a better quality of life than the USA is due to the compatibility between labor unions and corporate management. In America we have an adversarial relationship between the corporate State and blue-collar workers – and what’s left of the unions. CEOs can make three […]

THE CIVILIZED WORLD IS ON VACATION

The annual “summer break” is in full swing in Europe. Most Americans have no clue what this entails. The ‘Summer break’ is the extended annual holiday period during July and August when schools close, and much of the workforce takes an extended vacation. Every single worker in the European Union is guaranteed four weeks of […]

A NATION UNHINGED

The USA: a nation run by corporations, by and for their profits. This is what unshackled capitalism looks like. Money doesn’t talk anymore in America, it screams. Human kindness and empathy probably still exist in the hearts of most normal people who are just struggling to get by in America. But avarice, greed, and grotesque […]

FEEDING THE DEMON

Feeding off theartificial divisionsmagnified atthe feedstore,the beer joint,the cattle auction;in the produce aisleat Kroger’s oron the streetat night;things have changedSo what is the end game?what is the plan? These peoplewith faults and idiocies –bad habitsof body and mind;they are alsoyour neighbors;attacking themwill not likely getthe desired resultsbut tryingto understandwhy they believewhat they believemost certainly will […]