Author Archives: Steven Scherling

Good Morning Michael Don, we did not talk last week as I was On Cormorant Pond at Linda Hertsgaard’s cottage.  She played Paddle Ball with Jerry. She invited Michael Demarco who we met when I was teaching at NTU in Taipei … Continue reading →

9/16/2022 7:58 AM Morning Page. Friday.  Good morning!  A mist is clearing and soon our Sun should be making an appearance.  Waiting this astral occurrence, I began my Morning Page where I free-write whatever comes to me. Often what I … Continue reading →

Fargo Central High School Class of 1962 60th Reunion in The Park Fargo Central High School Class of 1962 60th Reunion on The Lake

I re-watched The Comey Rule  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comey_Rule] a TV miniseries based on the book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by former FBI director James Comey. The miniseries stars Jeff Daniels as Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump, the spitting image of ‘The Donald’. The two-part miniseries … Continue reading →

I remember teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong years ago when Kissinger visited the colony. I attended his talk and this Time article, particularly the section on leadership and the internet caught my attention: Henry Kissinger: The Internet … Continue reading →

This blog entry was started some time ago and overlaps others on Donald Trump’s one-dimensionality.  Like earlier entries, it uses Herbert Marcuse’s One dimensional Man’s dialectic-analytical framework, to examine the logic of capitalism. First, ‘one-dimensional man’ thought patterns are examined, and … Continue reading →

Oliver Stone’s work needs to be reviewed again! It is becoming clear that the US misread history in the past and should we assume it is still misreading history, NOW, in its making. We will attempt to psychoanalyze the Will … Continue reading →

The Flash and the Trickster’s Boys Night Out

AA FROM THE WOMAN’s SIDE Born Free! by Billiette S. July 1974    When I say, “I am glad I am an alcoholic”, some people look at me as if I have rocks in my head.  I am not ashamed … Continue reading →

AA FROM THE WOMAN’S SIDE Giving Thanks by Billiette S. November 1973    ‘Tis the season of Thanksgiving and it brings to mind that coming into AA is like entering through the small end of a cornucopia – a horn … Continue reading →