Posts Tagged ‘Michael Jay Tucker’
Blarney And Babble
So the other day, which was also St. Patrick’s Day, I was cruising the web and all of a sudden I saw something very curious. It was a posting on Instagram, the image sharing service, and it showed a large St. Patrick’s Day celebration in some city or other. Maybe New York. Maybe Chicago. But…
Read MoreThe Guard Is In Chains
Today I saw another article decrying identity politics. I’ll confess, I run hot and cold on this. As a good 1960s hold-over, I have the tendency to privilege identity politics…whether based on race, class, gender, or what have you. Yet, I will also admit to feeling some concern about it. As a weapon it is,…
Read MoreNo More (Mars) A’ Roving
From the editor’s desk: So last week we all read about the Mars Rover Opportunity and how, after 15 years of unexpected service, it had finally perished in a uniquely awful Martian sandstorm. It even had a few rather touching last words, “My battery is low and it is getting dark.” Or, roughly that. The…
Read MoreNo Apostles Allowed
From The Editor’s Desk Thursday, December 6, 2018 This morning my wife pointed out something that I hadn’t noticed. To wit, at George H.W. Bush’s funeral earlier this month, Trump was alone among the attending dignitaries and former presidents not to recite the Apostles’ Creed — or, at least, he doesn’t appear to in the…
Read MorePutin’s Pup Roasts World
So, here’s just a quick thought about the geopolitical consequences of global warming, plus maybe a modest proposal. We know that Trump and Trump’s people deny global warming, even while it is obviously happening. We got fires and floods to prove it. Yet, they keep right on pretending that it isn’t happening, or, if it…
Read MoreThe Fourth And Fortuna
So this is going to be a short one. In it, I’m going to talk about how I spent my Fourth of July this year. Or, at least, a major part of it. This year, for once, I did none of the things that we all usually do on this date. I did not incinerate…
Read MoreNotes From The Editor
Our editor, the crazed Michael Jay Tucker, offers some notes on stories that you might have missed, but will most certainly want to catch before they go. And, also, he gives us a glance at some great upcoming features on LR Net…including excerpts from a terrifically funny novel set in a post-Trumpian America.
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