No, you can't blame our picks on pain meds. Last time we checked, caprice wasn't a viable diagnosis. All we know is this: in a season where nothing makes sense, after a while the only thing that does is chaos.
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Trump Election: Who’s To Blame? Not Who You Think
If the party system isn't destroyed, and if our citizenry is not given the right to look outside of the far right and the far left to fill the most powerful positions in our government, our entire society is endangered.
Read More »Five Ironies of the Trump Victory
Trump's victory has been described as a populist revolt. Yet Clinton won a majority of the popular vote.
Read More »Technology Gift Guide 2016
Here are some of the latest advances in technology products to enhance the lives of you and your loved ones.
Read More »Music Review: NRBQ – ‘High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective’
NRBQ are every bit as adventurous as they were as a young bunch of guys playing around at the Adams home some 51 years ago, even though Terry Adams stands alone as the only band member spanning the timeline from then to now. How he’s been able to hang on to the energy and charming irreverence that permeates this box of collected performances (both studio and live in concert) is a testament to his continued enthusiasm and love of music.
Read More »The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Blood and Mortar of African Americans
Long before you get to level four and Chuck Berry’s shining red Cadillac where he was seduced some nights by groups of adoring white teen girls, you pass by the memorial to Emmitt Till, the teenage boy brutally murdered by white men for whistling at a white woman.
Read More »Music Review: Iggy Pop – ‘Post Pop Depression: Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ [Blu-ray/2-CD Set]
If you've never seen Iggy Pop in concert, 'Post Pop Depression: Live at the Royal Albert Hall' is the next best thing.
Read More »Review: ‘The Ivory Game’ From Executive Producer Leo DiCaprio
The cost of ivory is too heavy to bear; it is the extinction of a species as told in Leonardo Di Caprio's "The Ivory Game" presented at the Hamptons and Toronto Film Festivals.
Read More »Hooked on a Book From Just One Line
One line or one paragraph can grab us. But can it make a book memorable? Try these on for size.
Read More »What’s Hot in Travel? Five Enticing Destinations for 2017
Cuba boasts of national parks, amazing architecture, cute villages, terrific shopping, and birding territory.
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