Santa Anita
Artwork by Lauren Faulkenberry. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. (Bill Spencer is author of Uranus Is Always Funny: Short Essays to Make You Laugh Lauren Faulkenberry is a novelist and illustrator living in western North Carolina. Originally […]
For One Fashion Plate, Cupboards Are Bare This Christmas
DOVER, Mass. Todd Englund achieved success at an early age as a bond trader, but he hasn’t let the comforts of affluence dull his feeling for others at this special time of the year. “Todd […]
Breaking: Trump and Bill O’Reilly Tour Kicks Off With Many Empty Seats
Written by: Paul Lander Artist: Dan McConnell
Spielberg and Marvel Team Up for New Spider-Man Origin Movie: “Maria’s Son”
In what cinema buffs predict will be the box office blockbuster of 2023, Steven Spielberg has agreed to direct “Maria’s Son,” in which Maria, the radiant ingenue of “West Side Story,” gives birth to Tony, […]
Me and Debussy and Our Respective Mannequins
Debussy’s personal life brought some unhappiness in his first marriage in 1899 to a mannequin, Lily Texier. Keith Anderson, liner notes to Debussy: Orchestral Works vol. 7 *sigh* She’s so lifelike! I’m sitting in Maison Robert (Bob’s […]
This Bear’s Repeating
Artwork by Lauren Faulkenberry. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. (Bill Spencer is author of Uranus Is Always Funny: Short Essays to Make You Laugh Lauren Faulkenberry is a novelist and illustrator living in western North Carolina. Originally […]
Historians Name Joe Manchin the Most Influential Figure in Western Civilization Since the Renaissance
In a unanimous vote yesterday, the Executive Council of the prestigious American Historical Association selected West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin as the individual who has played the biggest role in determining the trajectory of human […]