Absurdity, Allegory and China

The persistent and very public meltdown of Herman Cain (the latest is here) has gone beyond the obliviously wretched clown phase and into the obliviously wretched grotesque phase that continues to reveal his fundamental lack of understanding that he’s morphed into the latest caricature of the guy who doesn’t get it. Politics and political races are rife with [...]

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This post is part 2 of 2 (first part is here) and is written in support of the documentary Living with Dead Hearts: The Search for China’s Kidnapped Children, a work in progress by Charles Custer (ChinaGeeks). I strongly encourage you to view the trailer, visit the official site for the film and kick a few bucks [...]

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I’ve been adding these updates on the previous page, but I thought that it would be best to consolidate them here. The Public Relations catastrophe (great Greek word: to overturn, to turn upside down) is mind-boggling. Each day it becomes clearer that the only thing to do is suspend the football program while there’s still a university [...]

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I have been following Joe Paterno’s team (purposely singular) since I was a teenager in Philadelphia when he began his reign. How could we not love him even as we traveled far from home? (I have not lived in Pennsylvania since 1968, with the exception of a brief 2 month stint when I mustered out [...]

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