World of the Future

In advance of tomorrow’s health care summit here’s an update on the world of tomorrow. With gratitude to PS Mueller, Oracle. The Astounding World of the Future, Written and Directed by Scott Dikkers

The Vanguard is 75 Today

Here’s to the Village Vanguard: the temple of Jazz. Not a museum but a living, breathing space for amazing miracles of music. And most of the greats have played there.  Here’s my take on the club, going down recently to catch the JD Allen Trio. That’s Gregg August on bass and the otherworldly Tyshawn Sorey … Read more

It’s the Orwell-a-thon!

Moments in the never ending carnival of crazy with names funny enough to make anyone, especially George Orwell, shake, rattle and roll. 1. The Simon Weisenthal TOLERANCE MUSEUM is being built on a 400 year-old Palestinian gravesite. From the Times of London: “What the UN can do is limited but they can investigate and raise … Read more

My Little Congress

Given the new Supreme Court ruling on corporate freedom to now go as wild as they like  in political campaign spending a new report shows that this past year it was getting much worse . . .  all by itself. Can it be any clearer the reasons the government has stopped working, it seems, altogether: … Read more

Snowball Warming

Walking through beautiful Inwood Park the other day, in the middle of our picturesque snowstorm, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.  It was a snowman in the image of (major Global Warming denier) Senator James Inhofe .  “It’s all bunk, Sonny.”, he said.  “It’s cold, right? There’s all this snow, right?  What are ya, blind?.”  … Read more