There are no endings neither happy nor sad– Does this make you happy or sad? I pretend to answer the question by preferring songs that end

In my third marriage I went all in on being present in the moment When she left she said that being with me

The bad news is that liberal societies can only cohere in the face of external enemies The good news is that we will never lack for

I have half a mind to lose my mind and half a mind to find God The question, natch

On Fresh Air they always mention that their rock historian lives in France as if he were in exile from rock a… the same way James Joyce wrote ab…

The sixth extinction was hardest of all on the balloon animal artists

I survived my humiliation By treating it like a joke Through becoming a joke myself In order to in turn survive my bec… I became a running joke

You would think doing well on social media would give you strength in numbers but you only end up

My social medi– a persona is the mime who just won’t shut up

The latest version of antisemitism takes the form of a magic trick: The diversion– Antisemitism is bad The illusion–

You’ve made Your waterbed Now steep in it

The first step in bearing the trut… is telling it This will make you unbearable, starting the next step of banishme… Form there, it is up to you

The reason God made us mortal Is the reason hiding in plain sigh… So that Knowing we must die anyway We might choose

In the same Talking Heads song the “road to nowhere” is both a “road to paradise” and the way “they can tell you what to… and “make a fool of you”

You will only find happiness when the answers to the questions What would you do if you knew you… and What would you do if you knew you…