Three Haiku for the Body Politic (2018)
Republicans and
Democrats alike must serve
their benefactors
Two-party system
makes branding differences
easy to market
How far we stray from
humanistic ideals when
money corrupts all
Thought Of The Week
- SB 50: How Wall Street Speculators Plan on Destroying Single-Family Homes
January 05, 2020Anyone who lives in or visits Los Angeles can see we have a humanitarian crisis on our hands. More than 60,000 people are without homes, and the numbers grow every month. The allegedly booming economy has trickled up to the rich; meanwhile many working people experience the ravages of downward mobility. Priced out of increasingly expensive apartments, more and more folks live out of their car. And when that gets towed or broken into or…
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Orginally posted on December 17, 2019We regret that the sensationally smart, funny, and illuminating feature film Bodied has a title that offers little clue to what the film’s about. Namely: battle rap. This sub-culture of popular culture is both fascinating and ripe for satire, and the brain trust behind the movie — producer Eminem, writer Alex Larsen and director Joseph Kahn...
Michael, I have not realized how corrupting money is until now. We all live so far from this that it has not occurred to us the depth of this horrible greedy situation we find ourselves in.
I am frozen on page 68 of your book fearful that I cannot take any more of the truth we find ourselves living in. Does it end on a hopeful note? The tradgedy of weakness in humans is so painful. We are being very careful to surround ourselves with people of a positive energy.