Todd Rundgren still gets it after 5 decades of music

Some musicians complain about streaming music and that damn newfangled technology. Todd Rundgren, who has made hugely innovative and amazing music, doesn’t think that way at all. Instead, he says, learn from new generations, change with the times as needed,…

How much is enough. And what is the middle class?

Middle class home in India

Friends who have lived in third world countries tell me the U.S. doesn’t really know what poverty is. Even the poorest here almost always have running water, heating and a/c, and cell phones. By contrast, 1 out of 3 worldwide…

Must be the Season of the Quad Witch

Slot machines

In the casino that is Wall Street, much chaos can ensue on quadruple witching day when stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures all expire. This happens four times a year and today could be…

The Left fights itself rather than right-wing extremism

Circular Firing Squad

Those of us on the Left sometimes despair of the circular firing squads and insane arguments over minuscule trivia. However, that’s what we’re seeing yet again – deep concern over gender pronouns and safe spaces, the poison of identity politics,…