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Artichokes on Friday
When I was a kid in grade school, Friday’s were a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it was the last day of the school week. On the other hand, we were Catholics and could eat no meat on Friday. That...
View ArticleBumper sticker
A guy in the neighborhood has an old, beat up Land Rover. There’s a bumper sticker on the back: The road to Hell is paved with Republicans. Nuff said. The post Bumper sticker appeared first on...
View ArticleDebt ceiling and govmint spending
Minghia, these guys! President O’Boner surrendered and the T-baggers are still complaining (as are Republican regulars, only quieter). They beat the hell out of the PW Democrats and won’t do a thing...
View ArticlePiss on ‘em
Part of me thinks there’s too much hand-wringing about the four U.S. Marines pissing on dead Afghani fighters. It’s not like they dragged them behind their humvees, like the Somalis dragged and...
View ArticleMacrobiotic french fries
Kansas City has always been a meat-lover’s town. Early vegetarian restaurants’ lousy cooking years ago may have kept it that way longer than it should have. Maybe it was the post-Thanksgiving repast at...
View ArticlePlan B
House leader John Boner’s plan B reminds me of the morning-after pill. And he sure as hell doesn’t respect us. The post Plan B appeared first on FrankieSez.com.
View ArticleJohn Boner’s big chance
It’s possible that House Speaker John Boner has a chance to do something extraordinary for the country, but if only he can forget he’s a Republican long enough to let it happen. It really got to me...
View ArticleNew era takes off in Red skies as another goes down the drain
One can’t have read Arlie Hochschild’s The Managed Heart and continue thinking about any working stiff, woman or man, in the same way. Ever. It affects me especially when I’m at a restaurant, but also...
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Smoking Typewriters – book review
Smoking Typewriters The Sixties Underground Press and the rise of Alternative Media in America by John McMillian, 2011 “As that old journalistic hound dog, A. J. Liebling put it, ‘Freedom of the press...
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Finding the Ghost in the Machine
“Management researchers . . . dig deeper and deeper into the human psyche in their search for the ‘ghost in the machine’ – that elusive spirit that inspired enthusiastic human action and commitment...
View ArticleWork and the transition to retirement
When I was around 10 years old, my vision of retirement was to work until 65 and then “fish my life away.” Role models included my maternal grandfather, who retired from the Ford plant (I guess he was...
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Don’t Get Sick in America – book review
Don’t Get Sick in America by Daniel Schorr, 1970 “It may go on for years—efforts to put bandaids on the present system, with cost-control decrees and new arrangements for the poor, while the campaign...
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Book review: The Burglary – by Betty Medsger
The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI On the night of Monday, March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali challenged Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight championship in the Fight of the Century at Madison...
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Nixon resigns – 40 years ago today
I remember exactly where I was Thursday, August 8, 1974, the night Richard Nixon announced his impending resignation. I and a friend were glued to the radio in his car, parked outside the house where...
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Mint manifesto
I like mint. I like chocolate. I don’t especially like the two together. After some pondering, I think the reason is that mint has a cool taste and chocolate has a warm taste. They cancel each other...
View ArticleKC Actors Theater production of Hamlet
Theater review by Frank Siraguso Directed by Mark Robbins with a great cast, the Kansas City Actors Theatre production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is timeless yet modern, dark with foreboding...
View ArticleRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Theater review by Frank Siraguso The Kansas City Actors Theatre production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead examines the truth or folly of self-determination and the isolation of existence. Tom...
View ArticleOur Town
Theater review by Frank C. Siraguso At Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s production of Our Town, for one brief evening, we were all residents of Grover’s Corners. Thornton Wilder’s play is about...
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Evita at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
The Rep’s Evita is a splashy, sassy production the real Evita could appreciate Theatre review by Frank C. Siraguso Eva (Jenny Ashman) & Che (Mauricio Martinez) KC Rep photo If you, like me, don’t...
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Vote, Don’t Drop
by Frank C. Siraguso Election 2016 is proving to be weirder than any in living memory. I am not impartial, fair or balanced about the outcome. I’m for Hillary, not Trump. Some think Hillary has it in...
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