“Shithole Countries”: Trump uses rhetoric of dictators*

“Shithole Countries”: Trump uses rhetoric of dictators*

Photo by Jose Moreno on Unsplash   Employing a Language of Superlatives by Henry A Giroux George Orwell warns us in his dystopian novel 1984 that authoritarianism begins with language. In the novel, “newspeak” is language twisted to deceive, seduce and undermine...
On Location/France

On Location/France

Andelu painter in Vallauris: When reality flies   by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret Contributing Editor With Andelu the space of the  the picture is decomposed as blown by a contagious  sphere of influence. The artist seems to voice the air and the elements she...
Steve Poleskie/Then and Now

Steve Poleskie/Then and Now

  Archives Center, National Museum of American History Save Your Cans/Help Pass the Ammunition” World War II posters from 1940 *** Collecting Tin Cans   by Stephen Poleskie Contributing Columnist   I don’t suppose that I am the only person who goes to sleep...

Ken Wetherington/Fiction

One Night in Las Vegas   Jackson and I pushed our way through the crowded casino to the table where Marcos dealt blackjack.  We stood among the spectators, watching as his deck diminished.  When a dozen or so cards remained, he scooped up the discards and began...

Fiction/Allen Davis

  Fireball   by Allen Davis “Hey chief,” says the big guy in dirty, mustard-colored overalls as you walk up to the store in the village. “Come ‘ere for a sec. I wanna ask ya somethin’.” He’s got a bloodshot face, a bushy, Santa Claus beard and...