My Journal
Donnie’s D-day Dilemma
So is this the golden age of Donnie? So much comes together I can hardly contain myself at the convergence of them all. Statues, arches, ballrooms, medals, yes and now THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR! and where do we start? Well, where else? The greatest sea, land...
TRUMPLANDIA VIII (a further descent into madness)
This is what 'm talkin' about! ZIONISM! For Augie, it's strictly spiritual. For the Trumpster and his dumpsters it's POLITICAL. First America and then THE WORLD! Okay, first you send out feelers. Then you make jokes. Then idle threats. All under the aegis of religious...
The American Dream Redux
"Do I dare?" The American Dream Redux A metaphor for Eden. In all three novels, The Mendicant, The Militant, and The Missionary, our narrator, Augustine, paints it, draws it, talks about it, searches for it, philosophizes about it, and as the paintings in the last...
The American Dream
"A staggering variety of sub-themes and styles best united by one common thread running through them all: the American Dream. It's man's universal search for his lost Eden. Perhaps no other artist plumbs the depths (or heights) of it all as plaintively as Augustine...
The Contenders
As I've mentioned before, many times, I'm a Jew by birth and an atheist by choice. But I was challenged the other day by a fellow Jew (by birth, but a Messianic Jew by choice). But knowing all this, he challenged me, knowing our similarities and differences, to write...
TRUMPLANDIA VII (a further descent into madness)
Okay, nothing against these three anorexic bleach-blond termagents with faces that could split wood. No, not those three in particular, because there are countless others who fit the same description who look the same, sound the same, all Trump supporters now or in...
TRUMPLANDIA VI (a further descent into madness)
CASE STUDY # 7 (pursuant to case study # 6 pursuant to case study # 5 pursuant to case # 4 pursuant to case # 3 pursuant to case # 2 pursuant to case # 1: The Donnie Diaries: an ode to Ipecac) Warning: samo samo: "following rant may contain extremely offensive and...
TRUMPLANDIA V (a further descent into madness)
CASE STUDY # 6 (pursuant to case study # 5 pursuant to case study # 4 pursuant to case # 3 pursuant to case # 2 pursuant to case # 1: The Donnie Diaries: an ode to Ipecac) Warning: but you know the routine by now the following rant may contain extremely offensive and...
Father Knows Best
Trump to MAGA Okay, so buckle your seat-belts ladies and gentlemen (as Bette Davis said in the movie All About Eve), because THIS one (unless you're a TOTAL TV, drama AND movie freak) is DEFINITELY going to be a bumpy ride: because to use a similar analogy to...
ROBERT MUELLER
My older brother, in his graduation uniform from McDonogh Military Academy in 1947, after winning the academic achievement award for the sciences, breaking the record for the fastest mile in the state of Maryland, and finally scoring the highest score on the entrance...
TRUMPLANDIA IV (a further descent into madness)
CASE STUDY # 5 (pursuant to case study # 4 pursuant to case study # 3 pursuant to case # 2 pursuant to case 1: The Donnie Diaries: an ode to Ipecac) Warning: the following rant may contain extremely offensive and disturbing images of… but I already said that last time...
My Take on Confessions of St. Augustine?
My Take on Confessions of St. Augustine? So now that I'm going to be delving into The Donnie Diaries, current events and how they all connect with Confessions, let me give you my take in as MUCH depth in as little time as possible, so we can move on: So, buckle your...