BY JEDIDIAH PASCHALL
A great cry rises up from San Ysidro to Brownsville as mother’s weep for their children. In Calexico, Nogales, Santa Teresa, and Laredo children live in terror of being torn from their families as pawns in a political game. If Donald Trump is Cyrus, he’s acting more like Herod, who ravaged families in Bethlehem over […]
Read MoreWhile this might be a broad generalization, Empires tend to decline over time from within by institutional failure in it’s main centers of social, political, and economic power; however, this internal unraveling is often manifested on the peripheries of imperial control. This was the case in Rome, where corruption and political malfeasance in the halls […]
Read MoreWhen I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom “Let it be” And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom “Let it be” – Paul McCartney, The Beatles – “Let It Be” *Note: For the […]
Read MoreKay Redfield Jamison quotes Plato in her book Touched With Fire that explores Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament: Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings… the men of old who gave things their names saw no disgrace or reproach in madness; otherwise […]
Read MoreI’ll spend some more time developing the connection between Energy and the Economy based on the assumptions I developed in Part I sometime next week. However James Howard Kunstler put up a blog post today that is well worth noting. Here’s an interesting section: Mr. Trump probably believes that the USA is in the catbird […]
Read MoreI. Go, go on raven wings wafting in the night. Go where dragon fire flows upon the Acheron, Where Leviathan lurks in the mingling waters of Phlegethon. Violent whispers – their only venom There are no teeth, no claws, only the echoes of desperation, But the fire is yours until the thoughtless is purged to […]
Read MoreSt. Jude’s Tavern is meant to be a watering hole where various ideas are discussed. The barroom conversation has been dominated by the theological and aesthetic of late, so I am going to shift emphasis here and post on some other important global issues. In discussing Ecology, Energy, and the Economy I will make a […]
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