Who doesn’t love Michael J. Fox the scallywag actor from Back to the Future?  As most of us know, he’s fighting a losing battle with Parkinson’s disease and gave up acting last year because the illness now impairs his speech.  Even so, he remains active, writing books whil

In the 1960s, Peter Weiss stunned the world with his play, The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. The story depicts a French asylum in 1808 in which the inmates re-enact 

An employee at my retirement center belongs to a religion that prohibits men and women from touching one another unless they are family members.  I was warned of the taboo through the grapevine not as official written policy.  Still, I have respected the stricture, though I  balk a

To survive the Trump presidency, a person must either develop a sense of humor or go mad.  I’ll say this for atheists, they have a sense of humor.  Since Trump’s inauguration, members of Freedom From Religion, (FFR) have contributed $100,000 on behalf of Mike Pence to their orga

A good chunk of American voters are standing aghast as Donald Trump engages in a scorched earth presidency. While I live in a state of shock, I am convinced the Republicans are enabling him for two reasons.  First, they want him responsible for the final axing of programs like Obama