Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

~The Beatles

Today is our birthday!

Exactly five Aprils ago,...

"In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets."
— Jonas Mekas

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to save the world.

I know this sounds a little dramatic, but honestly, I don’t think I’m alone here. Everywhere I look, I see good people doing what they can to h...

Like most people I know, I am not trying to be on a jury.

Of course, I’ll show up when they tell me to and of course, I’ll be honest and forthcoming if I actually make it to the jury box to be questioned—or voir dired, as they say in the business. Afterward, I might even feel a little proud to have fulfilled this tiny bit of civic duty, even as I complain abou...