Obama, ya hardly knew ya

This week marks one year since Donald John Trump was elected president. The world's still here, and yesterday POTUS was deemed of sound mind and body, but plenty of folks still seem upset about it. And why not? The whole thing, from the campaign to this anniversary, has been more than a bit of a…

Zero Dark Thirty

This 2012 movie, an award-winning critically-acclaimed entertainment and box-office success, is above all a remarkable piece of propaganda. Or maybe marketing is more accurate. Publicizing is even better. If you wonder why, or haven’t seen it, let me spoil the theme for you: Glory be the lengths that **America** will go to, the resources and commitment she will provide, the…

What the Ftrumpk?

Like me, you may be shocked but not surprised at the joining of the word President to the word Trump this week. Or surprised but not shocked, but either way in the end it seems the new President-elect may have been right – the election was rigged and American democracy is a sham. It's okay…