Author Archives: Dr. Guy Standard

Donald Trump is the Antichrist: everything the man touches turns upside-down and inside-out. Mad.

The explicit proposition embedded in the just-passed tax bill is stark: the Koch brothers live lives of quiet desperation. They and others like them are terrified that America and indeed the globe might be in for a runaway Great Depression. … Continue reading →

It just occurred to me who I am reminded of after looking at the Trumps, the Weinsteins, and the Moores. It’s a great deal like what Nelson Algren would call a walk on the wild side. One would say it’s … Continue reading →

There are the few, who are they; and there are the many, who are us. The very few justify what they do claiming – a bit annoyed that we asked – that their activity will trickle down on us. Better … Continue reading →

Let us say, for the sake of agreement, that you wish to borrow a million dollars, which you agree to repay at a dollar a second. How long would it take you to repay the loan? 11.5 days At the … Continue reading →

Are we mad, are we mad enough yet? Come, come, now; let (not quite yet, but) let us pray as we would at a grand wedding, let us sprinkle bullets from on high and so bless Sandy Hook: The Beatles … Continue reading →

The House of Representatives, one is informed, lives by its own rules. The HR is, however, formally subject to parliamentary procedure, as defined, say, in Robert’s Rules of Order. If found in some way to be contaminating that order, one … Continue reading →

I wrote the following while recovering from major surgery. I think it is if anything more relevant now than it was in ’04. ODE: JANUARY, 2004 (polemical) I. There is a national rhythm for each nation Which abused gives rise … Continue reading →

I. One hears or reads how this or that person is Hitlerian, how this or that ruler rules at any given time as many as he or she can, and we reflect again how it is that Mosca and Pareto … Continue reading →