by Philip Farruggio | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” MLK As Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated with a national holiday, his death day disappears down the memory hole. Across the country – in response to the King...
by Philip Farruggio | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog
Now, get this straight. I am not a ‘ Democratic Socialist’ or a supporter of the Democratic Party. Yes, I just changed my political affiliation here in Florida so I can vote for Sanders in the upcoming Florida primary. My ‘ short term’ goal is...
by Philip Farruggio | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog
Edwin Starr in 1970, had this hit song War. This was of course during the apex of the phony war in Vietnam. One line of the lyrics that resounded so well for this writer was : War Friend only to the undertaker War War War-Good God, now Now Give it to me one time now...
by Philip Farruggio | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog, Global Research
Everyone wants the man who is still searching to have already reached his conclusions. A thousand voices are already telling him what he has found, and yet he knows he hasn’t found anything. Should he search on and let them talk? Of course.” – Albert Camus, “The...
by Philip Farruggio | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog
The 1933 Marx brothers film Duck Soup was meant to be a satirical look at Benito Mussolini, ruler of Italy. In the film the mythical country of Freedonia , ruled by the effervescent Rufus T. Firefly ( played by Groucho), due to an insult by the ambassador of rival...
by Philip Farruggio | Jan 1, 2020 | Blog
This writer has always been told, since childhood, that I was a ‘ funny guy’. I was, and is, able to bring humor to everyday occurrences. Having attempted at times to do ‘ Stand Up comedy’ way back when, the thought of making a career of it...
