21 May 2023. The case for beautiful losers, via Leonard Cohen and “the great North strong and free.” So-called. Once upon a time.

21 May 2023. A novel kind of beggary rears its strange head in the 21st century. (Marxist immiseration has nothing to do with it.)

21 May 2023. Some personal gripes, set off by friendly comments. Such is life.

21 May 2023. You will meet some old friends here, even if you might not be thrilled to acknowledge them.

22 May 2023. What to do when your practice falls apart. It happens.

23 May 2023. Embarrassing to realize and awkward to admit, but we do all have it—monkey mind, I mean, not good mental hygiene.

24 May 2023. A genuine holdout from that antediluvian pronoun debate, seriously? I thought those had all died out with the brontosauruses...

24 May 2023. An old-school liberal faces his moment of truth, with bitter results.