Tag Archives: Trump
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Journalist Michael Wolff has written a stunner in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. I first heard about it when people on CNN and MSNBC started reading excerpts from it a couple of days ago. They’d gotten early … Continue reading
Trump: the Ultimate Trickster, Con Man
If nothing else, trump is the perfect trickster. On November 8, 2016, I had a complete meltdown when I realized he had won. I was no Clinton fan, but voted for her when Bernie lost the primary. Now, thanks to … Continue reading
The Trickster in Politics
Several weeks ago, Rob and I sent our agent a new nonfiction proposal: One Nation Under Trump Meets Joseph Campbell’s Trickster Archetype. The idea, the hook, is that trump is the ultimate trickster who is surrounded by tricksters, and … Continue reading
Pluto in Capricorn
Mundane astrologers take charts like this one, of the birth of the U.S., and make predictions about it. They use various techniques – transits, the daily motion of the planets; progressions, where the natal sun is brought forward in time; … Continue reading
Sex and the Trickster
Since mid-October, when the Harvey Weinstein story broke and the hash tag #metoo was started, the sexual allegations against powerful men has proliferated beyond anything anyone imagined. Here’s an incomplete list from the NY Times: Weinstein Spacey Russell Simmons Glenn … Continue reading
A Tsunami for Democrats
art by Megan MacGregor The big wave in Virginia! In the year since Trump was voted into office, a year ago tonight when I had a total meltdown, the Democrats have enjoyed a massive triumph. Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Repub … Continue reading
Hurricane Maria, a Trickster?
Hurricane Names for 2017 Atlantic Tropical (and Subtropical) Storm Names for 2017 Arlene Harvey Ophelia Bret Irma Philippe Cindy Jose Rina Don Katia Sean Emily Lee Tammy Franklin Maria Vince Gert Nate Whitney The 2017 hurricane season held some major … Continue reading
Trump: the Ultimate Trickster
It’s October. The trumpster is officially entering his ninth month in office, and it has been eleven months since he was elected. About the only thing he has done is launch twitter wars against people who oppose or criticize him. … Continue reading
The Many Worlds Theory
If the Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics is correct, that all possibilities are possible, then there’s a world where Bernie Sanders won the Democratic candidacy and the election, Imagine it. If Bernie stuck to his agenda, and he probably … Continue reading
HARVEY
I’ve hesitated writing a post entitled Harvey, just that name alone unattached to anything else. I’ve resisted because it seems to empower the name, the event. But when I think about it, I realize this hurricane/tropical storm/rainmaker is like Trump … Continue reading