Dead & Company with John Mayer on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass is on tour this summer and turning in one inspired performance after the next. https://youtu.be/8VSZV8u6R3o Scott W. Allen, author of Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead—like many...
Thrice He Rejected The Crown —All Hail Mighty Caesar!
We were in the second row Tuesday night for "Julius Caesar" at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. The play, directed by Shana Cooper, is both timely and powerful. This modern production is also highly inventive. The ancient tale is set in contemporary times, with...
The Mixed Up Men Behind The Obfuscator In Chief
When I was 18 years old, I walked into the offices of The College Reporter in Lancaster, PA and soon thereafter my work as a reporter commenced. My time as a college journalist was difficult but educational. The administration threatened to sue me and frat boys banned...
The Magic of Don: How He Hides His Crimes Out In The Open
Did Donny the Dangler employ a brilliant communications strategy to win the White House? According to Roger L. Martin, a business professor at the University of Toronto, he did, and the sooner we understand how it works, the more effectively we can combat him. What he...
Keep Following The Money
Democrats and other concerned Americans are now asking, "How did we fall this far this fast?" My counter is we didn't all of a sudden arrive at the gates of kleptocracy. It's been a slow drip of corporate and government malfeasance ever since Nixon lied about Vietnam,...