June 4, 2017 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn: Graduation season. Parties, commencements, speeches and lots and lots of photos. Recently, I loaded all of the pictures onto a PC and saved them into a folder, digitally labeled and timestamped, for posterity. The next day, I noticed a message from Microsoft. It said: “Click here to see … Continue reading A Digital Noose ‘Round Every Corner →

May 21, 2017 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn:   History is written by the victors. Winston Churchill   The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. Proverbs 22:7   The Wheel of Time is a notion shared by many religions and philosophies. In modern paganistic traditions, like those celebrated by … Continue reading Full Circle: An Encore Performance, New Venue, Fresh Actors →

May 16, 2017 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn:   Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not. The same particle does not rise from the valley to the ridge. Its unity is only phenomenal. The persons who make up a nation today, next year die, and … Continue reading An Inquiry into Values: Men and the Art of Life-Cycle Governance →

(8,560 words = 35 minute average reading time including the optional epilogue; or 30 minutes without the epilogue.) April 30, 2017 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn:   Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if … Continue reading The Wright Women: “Loving Frank”, an Architect of Modernity →

April 21, 2017 by Uncola:   Definition of UTOPIA 1: an imaginary and indefinitely remote place 2: a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions 3:   an impractical scheme for social improvement   Definition of DYSTOPIA 1: an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives 2: literature: anti-utopia … Continue reading Prisons of Pleasure or Pain: Huxley’s “Brave New World” vs. Orwell’s “1984” →

April 7, 2017   I'm just an aging [blogger] boy And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune to many a torching session Now they say I am a war criminal and I'm fading away Father please hear my confession   I have legalized robbery, called it belief I have … Continue reading The Man’s Too Big, the Man’s Too Strong →

April 6, 2017 by Uncola:   And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war; Mark Antony, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, III.i   Last week, on April Fool’s Day, I read … Continue reading Dogs of War: Fight to the Death →