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Doug Casey on the Fed’s Quiet War Against the Middle Class Doug Casey is one of my favorite people. Long before it became a common discussion, he was…
This Is What Happens When Japanese Culture Takes On American Baseball AV, a friend and colleague of mine at Rancho Santana and a self-proclaimed “super…
A Bit of Geisha History Curated by Nigel (My Very Bright AI English Butler) Origins and Evolution * Male entertainers called taikomochi or hōkan…
A Traditional Geisha Dance It’s quite possible that the tequila I had with Professor Fuji before dinner had something to do with my mood. Or it could…
Today, I give you my take on two important issues: the controversy over the possible election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York and the…
A Week of Speeches and Interviews and Simply Enjoying Being in Japan Again K and I arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday. K got us a room on the 49th floor of…
A Final Plea to My Big Apple Friends & Frenemies: Mamdani? Really? Tomorrow, you will have a chance – not a great chance, but a chance – to defeat…
The No Kings Protests: Woodstock Redux Is This How We Baby Boomers Want to Be Remembered? Some say it was the largest public political event ever…
From RG: “Do I have what it takes to be a writer?” “I’m a college sophomore. I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now, and I’ve read two of…
Orson Welles: He Was Fat, but He Was Fabulous I like this very short clip from Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show for two reasons: 1. It’s Orson Welles. 2…
“Forever is composed of nows.” – Emily Dickinson
We read two books at the last meeting of The Mules, both of them pop-philosophical takes on how to age well. You’d think that would be right up my…
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