Foo fighter
When I first arrived in the United States I was saddened to find out that one of my favorite French [...]
“Freed” into fire
On May 25, 2020, police in Minneapolis arrested George Floyd for alledgedly using a counterfeit $20 bill. During the arrest, [...]
Hollywood “Times”
I will keep this mercifully short. On May 24, a Sunday, "The New York Times" pulled a cheap stunt. It [...]
A hunchback named malaise
Italy has just begun the first phase of its coronavirus recovery plan. Factories are open. Citizens may visit local relatives. [...]
When way of life comes first
Trey Hollingsworth and Dan Patrick are not household names in the United States or elsewhere. Patrick, the 70-year-old lieutenant governor [...]
Max’s burden
Here is a Rome corona-anecdote whose numbers will one day fill volumes and be wryly recited. My plumber Max cannot [...]
With Underwood aforethought
A not especially subtle American president made a very shrewd move the other day. Breaking from his immoveable optimism about [...]
An Eastertime dirge
The meaning of life is that it ends. • Franz Kafka, dead of tuberculosis at age 40. It is the [...]
Healing a sick new world
Here is what many know but few can say aloud in an enlightened age that disavows bluntness: any resourceful virus, [...]