If no one else offers a solution to radical Islam, then Donald Trump will remain the only one who has.
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Glenn Frey Dies – Joins Those Lost in a Thus Far Cruel 2016
Turning a page is always difficult in life, but having to flip through so many so quickly has created a sort of malaise that seems like a fog descending upon me.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): LaBute Theater Festival
Do women control men and get them to "do" things beyond a man's power to say no to them?
Read More »Democratic Presidential Candidates’ First Debate of 2016 – The Gloves Are Off
Overall we come away from last night’s debate with a clear picture of these three people: Mr. Sanders is the outsider; Mrs. Clinton the insider, and Mr. O’Malley the odd man out.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): LaBute New Theater Festival at 59E59
The six short plays comprising the LaBute New Theater Festival might have been collectively titled 'Love and Murder,' two themes clearly on the playwrights' minds.
Read More »Dr. King’s Dream – To Honor Him Americans Must Unite to Make It So
The truth is that the "I Have a Dream" speech is a living thing, one that is as pertinent in 2016 as it was in 1963.
Read More »Ted Cruz Strikes Out Swinging at New York Values
Goodbye, Ted Cruz, we hardly knew you, and on behalf of all New Yorkers, we want to keep it that way.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Key Change’ by Catrina McHugh
What is the percentage of incarcerated individuals repeating their crimes based on their socioeconomic background?
Read More »Move Over Maslow: A Libertarian Hierarchy of Needs
For the rational creature to function properly, freedom is required in order to make choices and learn from the consequences. Tolerance is required so that new ideas can be tested, not suppressed. A predisposition to volunteerism is required to maintain social structure without resort to government force. When government is required, an attitude of healthy skepticism toward power and authority is needed to keep government in line.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Collaborators’ by John Hodge
Hodge's Olivier Award-winning play fictionalizes the last years of Mikhail Bulgakov, author of 'The Master and Margarita,' who lived one of the 20th century's most interesting (and saddest) literary lives, and his dealings with the dictator Joseph Stalin.
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