At his August 8 press conference, Donald Trump insisted the size of his crowds broke all records: “Nobody has spoken to crowds bigger than me,” Trump told the audience at a press conference in Mar-a-Lago . . . . “If you look at Martin Luther King, when he did his speech, his great speech, and … Continue reading A (Faked Crowd) Picture Is Worth a Thousand (Lies)
Climate Change: The August Deadline By Gwynne Dyer — 31 July 2024 When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have never seen them so dismayed. “By August, if we’re still looking at record-breaking temperatures, then we really have moved into uncharted … Continue reading Dyer: Global Heating: Breaking Records, Beating Forecasts; Now What?
Tell It Slant: Baring It All about The Elusive Nude Beach Gig; Plus, an Epiphany & After [In July, 1974, Chuck Fager’s first marriage failed. About a year later, his two young daughters were moved to the San Francisco area by their mother. Soon Chuck followed, to stay in close contact with them. ] … Continue reading “Tell It Slant” Excerpt #5: San Francisco & “Going Naked for a Sign “ — or at least a job
(Excerpt #1 is here.) In the spring of 1956 — Chuck was in eighth grade — orders came for the family to leave an Air Force base in California. His father, now a major, was aircraft commander of one of the largest bombers ever, the B-36. Click was assigned to join a squadron of these … Continue reading From “Tell It Slant,” Excerpt #2: Encouraging Rejections
