Adonis died today, 3,000 miles away. My perfect sweet bird of youth, Body sculpted to perfection That it must be the truth Of how all men should look, upon reflection. Flash frozen in my yearbook, His kindness cloaked by football jersey, Forever young, forever athletic, forever heroic… “Go Bulldogs”, we…

(Back in December, 2022, I wrote about the blizzard of Trump-like lies swirling around newly-elected Republican Congressman George Santos, who fraudulently stole the New York Congressional seat in the district where I lived for 20 years. Santos was the poster-boy for the “Next Generation of Republican Leadership,” and campaigned with…

Perhaps it was growing up poor, or just appreciative of every little thing, but we didn’t believe in wasting anything. We repurposed as much as we could, giving our toys, and our creations, multiple lives and meanings. A few years ago,, I searched for the best Pinata I could find…

“Yes, Autism Is A Disability. And Being Disabled Is Not Bad.” (A father-daughter conversation, for the parenting website, Romper.com, between my son Matt Villano, a writer/journalist, and my oldest granddaughter, Sage Villano. Their conversation is both astonishing and fearless, and opens up new and urgent perspectives on being Autistic, from a teenager who is experiencing her Neurodiversity every single day).

Jews traveling through the States of the Old Confederacy to work for human rights and learn first-hand about the continuing struggle for Civil Rights and the centuries long Holocaust against Black people — millions of whom were kidnapped, shackled in heavy irons and died the bottom of the Atlantic ocean…

Andrew Cuomo continues to search for new ways to disgrace himself. Earlier this month, he announced he was forming a group to support the Fundamentalist government of Israel, at the very time his old friend, BiBi Netanyahu, was pushing to strip the Israeli Judiciary of it’s power (BiBi is under…

Nearly 60 years ago, two Civil Rights activists — singer and songwriter Phil Ochs, and classically trained singer, composer and pianist Nina Simone — wrote and performed two of the most powerful songs of that period: Och’s “Here’s To The State of Mississippi”, and Simone’s “Mississippi, Goddamn.” Ochs, a white…

Jack Smith & the Blacksmiths Are driving Trump beserk. An Irish cop and 3 Black prosecutors, Hammering handcuffs for the Jerk. Alvin Bragg, Tish James, Fani Get Your Gun; Trump is a goner, Lifelong crime spree, DONE. Hush Money for Stormy, Tax & Insurance fraud galore; Georgia’s got the tapes…

Dread Scott Adams Took a gun, To give his career a shot, Plus forty-one. And when Dread Scott Felt Dilbert wasn’t red, white and true — He gave his creation, Forty-two. “White Power,” said he, “Give me a Q.” That’s too Queer! Will 4chan Nazis do? Always separate, NEVER Equal, …