The More Things Change… I’ve been immersed in the planning for a new streaming platform that will be the first 21st century curated home for everything from live camera phone feeds to nontraditional shows and important archival video. Starting a new website, reveals how much has changed in the four years since we put up the … Continue reading March 2021
February 2021
A Tweet from Mid-January A mob of MAGA persuasion Conducted a statehouse invasionThough heavily armed They parted unharmedAnd that’s how you know they’re Caucasian Tulsa: The Beginning of his End After the coronavirus pandemic had closed down almost all public events and when more people in a century had lost their jobs, Donald Trump and … Continue reading February 2021
January 2021
What's Right With This Picture? The 49 vice-presidents of the USA. When all is said and done, January 20, 2021 will be a historic milestone. And it won’t be about Joe Biden. Video Credibility I’m not the only person who has thought about, written about or taught college about this concept. But I have been thinking forever … Continue reading January 2021
December 2020
What's Old Got To Do With It? Every once in a while, I read the original Weinberg House Organ/PY-O-MY letters. It puts me in touch with the writer, my dad, Louis Weinberg Jr., who wrote it from 1952 until his death in 1967. It’s curious to compare what it was like then with what’s happening now. Here’s a lift from … Continue reading December 2020
November 2020
End of the Line We are entering the post-Trump era. Alevei* as Grampa Louie would have said. So, this is the last edition of the PY-O-MY Letter/Weinberg House Organ of the poisoned time and space he has commanded for almost five years. The damage he can do will only last 81 days. So, I’ve come … Continue reading November 2020
October 2020
I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time in the iso-box 54 floors high, so my views might be skewed. (Heaviness alert) It feels like these days are more confusing than any I can remember. So many of us are angry, dissatisfied, and not as active as we want to be. We feel the absolute … Continue reading October 2020
September 2020
All Hail the King! The Republican National Convention was an unprecedented misuse of the power and institutions of our democracy. It felt as if he has set himself up as the King of America. The last one I remember acting that way was Garfield Goose. A Short Video History of His Reign The artistry … Continue reading September 2020
August 2020
“Why? Because I’m the Dad” That’s what I told my young children when all else failed. I listened to my dad most of the time. It was hard not to: He was 6’2” and I was under five feet until I was 13. He was bigger and louder. And funny…he told story-jokes. He never lost … Continue reading August 2020
July 2020
Speculate with Me Briefly Here we are, 126 days before the 2020 presidential election. t seems to be a foregone conclusion that it will be a contest between the incumbent, Donald John Trump (family name Drumpf), whose only stint in public office has been the past 41 awful months as President, and Joseph … Continue reading July 2020
June 2020
Why I’m Late Every day for the last two weeks, I’ve been struggling to write about what’s going on in America and the world, trying to get it as right as I can before sending it to you. This first item for the June PY-O-MY Letter/Weinberg House Organ has been rewritten multiple times as the … Continue reading June 2020
