Paradigm Shift: The Obama Presidency

By Marc D. Goldfinger
“It is not by chance there are many of us.
It is not by chance we sing to each other.
It is not by chance the Gods let us touch.
It is not by chance, like plug and socket, we fit together.”—from A Room of Bone — a poem in Relationships by Marc D. Goldfinger; [...]

Pre-Election Blues — Looking Back

Written by Marc D. Goldfinger on Dec. 28, 2000, published by Spare Change News in April, 2001.
“If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier — just so long as I’m the dictator,” —George Walker Bush said, sending ripples of laughter through the room.—–a joke from the lips of our [...]

911: Seven Years

“Friend and neighbor you have taken away,
my one companion is darkness.”–Psalm 88
Matt Damon thinks the idea of Sarah Palin being a “heartbeat” away from the presidency is “a really terrifying possibility. You do the actuary tables and there’s a one out of three chance that McCain doesn’t survive his first term and it’ll be [...]

911: Highlights, Blues, Getting Smoked

“Friend and neighbor you have taken away, my one companion is darkness.”——Psalm 88
I understand that the Democratic and Republican conventions are carefully orchestrated for the maximum punch but still –
Call me a sucker, call me naive, call me hopeful — When Barack Obama spoke I cried with happiness; emotions washed over me like ocean water [...]