Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

He just declared there will be no governance unless he can be placed above the law and commence the dictatorship he’s been dreaming about since. . . well, at least dating back to when he kept Hitler’s speeches at his … Continue reading →

And sometimes I think it was, in a way more creative because more self-fashioned. In any case, truth — existing equally but in different mediations in pumped-up florid rhetorical expressions as well as intimate, “naturalistic” ones, in drawing rooms and … Continue reading →

Footage of Hitler and Stain with translated surprint alongside footage of Trump at last night’s rally.

As Trump becomes more lawless and traitorous by the day, Speaker Pelosi has descended into a battle of will against her own caucus, which now demands impeachment. She makes the incredible statement that allowing Trump to run roughshod over our … Continue reading →

Since rent regulation was deemed invalid upon tenant vacancy in 1993, New York City has seen an onslaught of greed and tenant harassment that defies description. As NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said last year: “Housing is the number one issue … Continue reading →

These people are disturbed; they have no civic pride or consciousness at all. They need to be re-programmed. In The City, Yoav Gonen and Greg B. Smith broke the story. It seems that Disney wants to build a new tower … Continue reading →

Use public funds to subsidize research–then turn it over for free to the private sector so it can make billions from it while screwing the taxpayers who funded the original research. That’s why Dem. Reps. Cummings and Ocasio-Cortez were grilling … Continue reading →

Trump should not be allowed to BRAG about it. Democrats, anyone?

In Marseilles during New York City Ballet’s 1955 European tour, Balanchine was rehearsing Maria Tallchief in his one-act Swan Lake, which she had created four years earlier. As was his wont, Balanchine was making changes to what he’d originally staged … Continue reading →

that I said that Laura Jacobs and I were going to have an on-line parley about La Clemenza di Tito, but she’s been totally busy with an exciting new project. But there a few things I want to say–say them … Continue reading →