Arlene Weiner: Indecision 2016
Bernie’s an idealist—I am too. I’m another liberal New York Jew. I won’t blame him for the worst Bernie Bros And I won’t blame Clinton for her work at Rose. … Continue reading
Video: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee – Hootin’ the blues
. Saunders Terrell (1911 – 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Procedure
While the doctors were riding around in me in their little chrome submarine, and a sniper with his snippers stood by the bay door poised to pluck any polyp stupid … Continue reading
Jose Padua: A Poem About UFOs Ending with a Flashback to Days Long Gone
Whenever time passes more quickly than I think it should, I wonder if I’ve been abducted by a UFO. I check if all my body parts seem to be in … Continue reading
Video: How to Age Gracefully
People from the ages of 7 to 93 answer the question, “What advice would you give your younger self?” This charming video by Andrew Norton was selected by the Vimeo … Continue reading
Video: Buster Keaton — The Art of the Gag
— Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after … Continue reading
Steven Gaines: Jerry Rubin, His Penis, And Me
In early summer of 1978 my agent asked me if I would be interested in ghost writing a book for Jerry Rubin about his small penis. Rubin, the former anti-war … Continue reading
Video: Guerrilla Girls Talk Art with Stephen Colbert
Guerrilla Girls: “We’re feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. How do we expose sexism, racism and corruption in politics, art, … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Potluck Soup
When we were college students in Dallas in the 1970’s, my friends and I lived off college loans, the GI bill, and handouts from our parents. We were broke. So … Continue reading
Speaking of Bread
Here are 20 great quotations about bread. 1. “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson 2. “How can a nation be great if its bread … Continue reading
Video: Garrison Keillor on Humor
In this Blank on Blank animation of a 1994 interview, George Plimpton interviews Garrison Keillor who claims, “My family was shocked when I came home with a volume of Hemingway … … Continue reading
Utah Phillips: The most American thing you can do is to dissent
The state can’t give you freedom, and the state can’t take it away. You’re born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for … Continue reading
Video: Laughter as Medicine
What effects do laughing, crying, kissing, cuddling, and sex have on immune function and allergic responses?
Alice Friman: Knee High
Whether squatting, standing, or stomping to some mossy memory on the radio, the knee takes the brunt. A heart may pump a million barrels of blood in a life, enough … Continue reading
