Bleeding Brain

The shock-waves of the political and cultural bombshell that just went off in the United States are still reverberating around the world. ...

Trump Wins. Wow.

Stephen DenBeste has passed away. In the early days of blogging, he showed a path towards a rigorously logical form of writing that inspired...

Ozymandias is a striking observation of the temporal nature of empires even when they seem to be unshakable.  I met a travelle...

I arrived at the barber shop under the sign "Men's Haircuts: $21.00". I pushed through the door to the sound of chimes and the...

English is a splendid language. It is scientific, poetic, pompous and earthy all at the same time. English is the mother tongue of d...

Jeffrey T. Larson is an artist from Minnesota. His work is done in oil color representing rural landscapes, still life and human figures. ...

The current push to limit the types of guns and the number of bullets per magazine that US citizens can use will likely lead to the opposite...

Tall grass brushed by my woolen coat I pushed through the dripping leaves Morning dew fell on my sodden boots The sun warmed the edge ...

The sun powered down with an incandescent heat. A swirling gust of wind raised a cloud of fine dust into my face. I lifted the palm of m...