Gabbing about America First

The America First movement is now mostly associated with Donald Trump.  In the early twentieth century the most well-known leader was the aviator, Charles Lindbergh.  The American government destroyed that movement by stealing the mailing list.  We are watching the...

A Space for Jones

A Space for Jones   I thought I might write something last Sunday afternoon. I didn’t. I indulged, instead, my latest platform addiction — Elon Musk’s X. The more edgy version of the cutesy Twitter featured an instantly available conversation in...

A Hopeful Future

I don’t know if I’ll ever watch the third season of the latest iteration of Star Trek Picard.  Some of my earliest hopeful pleasant childhood memories include the adventures of Kirk, Spock and McCoy in far flung galaxies.  The contemporary narrative,...