Commentaries on, as Dickens wrote in "Our Mutual Friend," “things warious.” I’m a bit dyslexic; my brain mixes things together, which can lead to seeing connections between things that others see as unrelated. I hope you'll like the results.
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What Celebrating Columbus Says About Us (from 2021, with a few updates)
“Allegory of the Discovery of America” - Jan van der Straet, ca. 1587
The above sixteenth century artwork captures the viewpoint of many Europeans in the century after Columbus “discovered” America: the land was a naked virgin t...
Vanity Fair’s Latest “The New Establishment” Is “Very Interesting”
The first iteration of “The New Establishment” in 1994 was headed by Bill Gates, with Rupert Murdoch at #3. By 2015, Mark Zuckerberg was the coverboy. All three are absent from the 2026 version, though Rupert’s two Succession sons made the...
My Latest Senate Prediction: Democrats Will Flip at Least Seven Seats, Probably More
I believe that most prognosticators are substantially underestimating the level of hostility to Trump and his puppets in Congress and so the size of the coming Blue Wave. At this point, I project Democrats will flip at least seven Senate se...
“Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha—Wipe Out!”
[image created by ChatGPT at my direction]
Musings & Amusings is a reader-supported publication. If my writing helps you through these terrible times or gives you a needed smile from time to time, remember that I depend on pa...
A Blue Letter Day: Trump Approval Breaks through the Floor into the Twenties
That Borowitz headline is satire … I think. Who can tell with Trump? The one from The Hill is accurate.
“How could it be that high?” is the only rational response to that news, but the trend is disastrous for the “president” who never outg...
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