Category Archives: Musings

1- What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow. – Rabindranaath Tagore 2- how many versions of the truth are there when you’re under oath? 3- Trump calls Democrats traitors? who is it who talks … Continue reading →

1- Above all, do not appear to others what you are not. – Robert E. Lee 2- A- I didn’t say that! B- Yes you did, you implied it. A- Implying isn’t saying! 3- with Trump we’re slowly becoming the … Continue reading →

1- Pay no attention to appearing. Being is alone important. – Andre Gide 2- you don’t have to remember the truth but you must remember lies. 3- when Trump says do what’s right for America he means do what benefits … Continue reading →

1- Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. – Savielly Tartakower (chess master) 2- if the truth must be fabricated, is it still truth or just a lie? 3- what Trump cares most about is being reelected; … Continue reading →

1- If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers. – Thomas Pynchon 2- I see more gimmicks than innovation in much of today’s new art. 3- the first red menace was in … Continue reading →

1- I do not trust any advice which is given in bad prose. – Robertson Davies 2- being on the edge isn’t enough for some. they must dance along the edge. 3- the twist of facts; the Gold Star Mother … Continue reading →

1- Don’t fight forces, use them. – R. Buckminster Fuller 2- is automatic writing really? 3- Trump only begins to sound intelligent when he reads from the teleprompter.

1- Failure to understand what is demanded of us is the source of anxiety. – Abraham Heschel 2- as words grow harder to retrieve, my writing grows shorter, simpler. 3- when you pick options to present the president, one so … Continue reading →

1- Appearances are deceptive. – Aesop 2- as some art needs provenance to prove it’s real, should some people, too? 3- how near to war can you get before it turns to war? Trump leads us to the answer we … Continue reading →

1- Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. – Aesop 2- if we’re able to fabricate lies, can we fabricate truths, too? 3- so bringing the troops home means starting a distracting war with Iran, in Trump’s mind.