When I was a child, an elderly shop owner taught me a lesson on the power of words. He said to me, “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one.” I don’t remember what I’d asked Art, the gentleman in question,...
The late great composer, singer, musician, author, and soul and jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron had something to say about a second term for a certain conniving, lying charlatan, who was unqualified for a first term as president of the...
The following is a semi-autobiographical third-person narration reflecting two nights from John's 1989 European street-performing tour. He wrote it in hopes that it will serve as the foundation for a second Red, White, and the Blues book. History Lies in...

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"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." — Christopher Hitchens

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