Torsade Literary Space My Blog Week: July 14 to July 20
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week The Billionaire’s Mite When the very rich throw their hats in the ring, political parties complain that their aura will tempt away voters. What makes the mythology of the maverick […]
My Blog Week: July 7 to July 13
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week You Sweet Talker I begin with the diplomatic contretemps that led to British ambassador Kim Darroch’s resignation. Let’s stop to imagine a leader (who doesn’t, among other things, blame his […]
My Blog Week: June 30 to July 6
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Old, New, Old News I’ve been watching the HBO series, Chernobyl (which aired a while back, but I just bought the episodes). If you watched too, you probably […]
My Blog Week: June 23 to June 29
All the Latest from Torsade! (Click the title above to see two more panels, click image to enlarge.) A Word on the Week Self-Appointed Caretakers A thing I hadn’t noticed in the news cycle before (or noticed […]
My Blog Week: June 16 to June 22
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Crazy Times, Part Two It’s necessary to mention Nazis. In October of 1933, Germany, having a new Chancellor, and its government thrusting off in a new direction, chose […]
My Blog Week: June 9 to June 15
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Energy is Strategy This is the topic heading I put down in my notes, with the idea I might sort of fudge it in, because I’ve been doing […]
My Blog Week: June 2 to June 8
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Das Kapital Reports from this week’s beginning, had Gov. John Hickenlooper being booed at California’s State Democratic Convention, for saying “socialism is not the answer”. Well, no. Wholesale conversion […]
My Blog Week: May 26 to June 1
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Twister! America’s heartland has been inundated with heavy weather, terrible prolonged flooding, and tornadoes in the hundreds. For the first time ever this week, I had to act in response to […]
My Blog Week: May 19 to May 25
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week The Deadly Queue The death toll on Everest this year is among the highest recorded, ten victims. The nation of Nepal has issued about 380 permits for the season, reportedly each costing […]
My Blog Week: May 12 to May 18
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Problems You Didn’t Know You Had Starting small and going large, let’s consider a little story followers of late night TV will have heard. Last week, a twist of plot […]