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Arts

‘Evening Wind,’ Edward Hopper, 1921
Arts

Poem: Sharing Bandwidth With Emily D.

Gerald Jonas 04/19/26
Painting, Odysseus by the sea, Arnold Böcklin, 1869
Arts

Poem: ‘An Old Man Alone Among the Crags at Night’

Jonathan D. Simon 04/11/26
small audience, movie theater
Arts

Did Liberals Really Ruin the Movies?

Neal Gabler 04/04/26
ice, shards, cracks
Arts

Wintering: A Poem

Gerald Jonas 03/15/26
Emigrants or Fugitives, Honore Daumier, c.1850
Arts

Call to Arms: A Poem

Gerald Jonas 02/14/26
Black and White, layers, textures
Arts

What Old Men Talk About When They Talk to Themselves

Gerald Jonas 01/26/26
Petit Désert, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1920
Arts

ARS POETICA: A Conversation

Gerald Jonas 11/30/25
Elon Musk, billionaires, income inequality
Arts US Politics

Billionaires Rewrite the News. The Rest of Us Deal With Reality

Russ Baker 11/10/25
Dancing through history, bingeing, Turner Classic Movies
Arts

Bingeing on TCM: A Poem

Gerald Jonas 11/09/25
Donald Trump, Oval Office, Golden Dome, Missile Defense System
Arts Opinion US Politics

A (White) House of Dynamite

Klaus Marre 10/30/25
Abstract, monochrome photography
Arts

Poem: Reaching Ninety

Gerald Jonas 10/24/25
Censored, rubber stamp
Arts Rights & Liberties

Poem: ‘Prescription’ — My Pre-Dawn Vision of a Darkening World

Jonathan D. Simon 09/20/25

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