Grateful to Be a Deadhead In reflecting back on my years of listening to the Grateful Dead, there are many fond memories I have of the experience and many more that, for reasons I shall decline to explicate here, I am no longer able to recall. But music, especially in the world of recorded audio, […]
Are You Working Virtually or Virtually Working? Our society is set to undergo a seismic transformation. I’m talking the kind of fundamental alteration of day-to-day reality that social scientists point to centuries later and say “Yup, that’s when the world changed.” The advent of the printing press. The dawn of the Industrial Age. The first […]
Famous for Being Famous Much to my chagrin, and the unmitigated amusement of my children, I am set to turn 50 in just a couple of months. That’s right, Craigers is turning the big 5-0. Which leaves me wondering- how did that happen? When did old age sneak up behind me and club me over […]
They Are Not the Problem I am horrible at fixing things. I don’t mean that as a metaphor. I mean that I am genuinely terrible at any sort of home improvement or repair. My friends can vouch for me on this one. This past Father’s Day, my ex-wife abetted my children in the purchase of […]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Cheat… Way back in 1982 when I was an aspiring young Little League pitcher and my dad, who had never played competitive baseball in his entire life, was coaching my team, I remember a particularly painful loss and the invaluable lesson my father/coach/hero/role model taught me that fine Spring afternoon. […]
The American Justice System on Trial Once upon a time, I believed in the United States justice system. In fact, I even went to law school based upon that enduring premise. Now, just stop your chortling and snickering; I’m serious. I truly felt like courts in America were generally fair and equitable distributors of blind […]
The Moral Hypocrisy of Trump Voters Oh, my Republican friends, don’t say that I didn’t try to warn you. Way back in 2016 and again in 2020, I tried to caution you that if you disregarded all of Trump’s unabashed moral indiscretions and voted for that steaming pile of unprincipled dog manure that you would […]
Walking in Another’s Skin I’m going to start this week’s TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less with a public service warning: If you are one of the few regular viewers of the weekend morning news show, CBS Sunday Morning, make your way as soon as possible to your primary care physician and get your pulse […]
A Royal Pain in the Ass Am I the only person left on this great, big planet that simply doesn’t give a damn about the British Royal family? Just why is it that I am supposed to care about a bunch of self-absorbed, incestual, narcissists anyway? When the artist formerly known as Prince Harry and […]
The Half-full Glass of the Pandemic Economy As I set to writing this week’s installment of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Lessabout the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, I thought that I should ask my readers which they wanted to hear first: the good news or the bad news. For when it comes to […]
