Watching a World Cup game or two started me thinking that there are any number of uncomfortable sports metaphors in the world’s most popular game: avid, frenzied fans on the edge of their seats, waiting expectantly, minute after endless minute, hoping for a sudden flash of the ball crossing into…
The phone rings, the Earth shakes, tires screech, a levee breaks A gun fires, the wind blows, hearts break, and so it goes “…and in the end The love you take Is equal to the love you make.”
I’ve always been fascinated by magic and magicians, not the flashy, Vegasy, David Copperfield kind, but the close-up, mind-bending, how-in-the hell-did-he-do-that? kind. I’m sure that part of the intrigue is my penchant for puzzle-solving, although when it comes to magic, not solving the puzzle is, somehow, the greater reward. I’ve…
Getting the attention of the masses has been historically difficult. But, when special opportunities have presented themselves, (Moses down from Sinai, Jesus on the Mount, Hitler in Berlin, Rev. King on the Mall), the potential for mobilizing good or evil has resulted in a very high success rate. Tragedy, especially…