The rise of a new epidemic– Mass Psychosis

Like McDonald’s and Walmart, the business of psychiatry will boom during this time of economic crisis. Suicide rates rise. Incomes vanish. We turn to Zoloft instead of God.
Manic and psychotic episodes will erupt within the minds of those genetically engineered for such meltdowns as times turn to hopelessness. Severe mental illnesses are triggered by [...]

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Medicaid Ponzi Schemes

Most of President Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package has been reserved for Medicaid enhancements. The federal government is promising to absorb a larger portion of the cost of welfare, reducing burdens of public health to the states, freeing local governments of fees associated with soaring healthcare rates.
It appears that the Obama administration has already lost [...]

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A Good Day for Snow Men

Snow turned into rain at precisely 8:22 a.m. in Brooklyn. Like my swinging moods, the rise of twilight switched from joyous flakes to damp downfalls in a matter of seconds. It seemed over my first cup of coffee, while watching blue birds dance from fence to limb in the falling snow, that today’s storm would [...]

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Horoscopes for the Chinese New Year– The Year of the Ox

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20)
Finding a penny tail side up, isn’t about luck, Capricorns understand. It’s just not worth picking up while tempting the value of fate.
Time to run for higher ground. Capricorns are trailblazers for the new age.
Follow your instincts.
Although very few Capricorns were invested with Bernard Madoff or the [...]

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Frozen Asses

Some patches of snow refuse to melt. In dark corners of the ghetto, near shadowed walls of tall apartment complexes, where rays of sunshine rarely light the earth golden, remnants of the Alberta Clipper that crossed Kings County last Friday remain.
It’s like entering air- conditioned Macy’s in August, when I pass these unmelted, snow- infested [...]

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Minority Report

Bank of America needs $80 Billion to clear balance sheets of bad mortgages.
Citibank plans to establish two separate banks– one black, one white.
Financial giants are lobbying congress to purchase bad mortgage assets, in hopes that one day, the real estate market will rebound and the government will make money from these ‘investments’.
There are more [...]

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The Dreamer on a Dream

I had a dream last night. A large pimple developed on my right temple and I spent all night trying to pop it by squeezing the inflamed skin near my good eye. The landscape in my dream changed, new characters developed, but as my travels in the sacred realm progressed, the pimple remained.
I felt [...]

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Hung Jury

The Supreme Court of Kings County Brooklyn makes me proud of this nation. I served jury duty today and the experience was delightful and educational.
It snowed in Brooklyn this morning. Winds downtown exceeded 30 m.p.h. As I rushed across Flatbush Avenue on my way to court, I frightened a large flock of birds feeding upon [...]

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Burpee Seed Starting

Esther germinated seeds indoors. Using egg cartons filled with rich potting soil and a transparent layer of Saran Wrap for a greenhouse effect, she dropped one tiny seed into each Styrofoam pore.
Like a mother hen tending to unhatched chicks, she carefully planned how many varieties of Napa grape, sweet tangerine and Bob’s Big Boy tomatoes [...]

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Eating Crow

Like Neanderthals and Nazis, civilizations of capitalism are primitive clans, spanning the globe as hunter-gatherers. As history will show, we too were a simple species, turning our plowshares to dowshares– mere animals that survived on cannibalism.
In a time when society reads again, when water is pure and medicine is grown organically, our decedents will marvel [...]

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