By Mickey Friedman June 30, 2015 We have been relentlessly focused on Muslim Extremism ever since 9/11. It is how we view terrorism. On TV shows, on news reports, in our nightmares, the terrorists are Muslims. Though it happened in…
A letter to small creatures
By Bill Shein June 28, 2015 Hello from the land of Homo sapiens, my little furry friends! I’ve been thinking about you a great deal lately, as in recent weeks I’ve seen too many of you needlessly killed on our…
Allez
June 22, 2015 By Mickey Friedman 2003. It seems like a lifetime ago when Republican Bob Ney renamed French fries because the French didn’t want to invade Iraq. We showed those Frenchies. Freedom fries not only tasted better but were…
The Melting Honeybees
By Mickey Friedman June 10, 2015 I’ve never been able to juggle. One ball’s going up, another is headed down, and another is suspended for a moment in space. Too confusing and the balls invariably fall from the sky and…
Yes, I Was Hillary Clinton’s Live-In IT Guy
By Bill Shein October 16, 2015 As Hillary Clinton heads toward an appearance before The Permanent Joint Congressional Select Committee on Investigating Bill and Hillary Clinton Until Long After They’re Dead to discuss her private e-mail server, it’s time for…
I Know Defensive
By Mickey Friedman May 22, 2015 I’ve been lucky enough to have loved and been loved, in the short term at least, by a small gaggle of therapists. Of the Freudian, Jungian, Family, and Psychosynthesist persuasions, plus a Hungarian Jewish…
Maxy For Mayor
May 13, 2015 By Mickey Friedman They all have Japanese names, these incredible yellow machines that now make Main Street their home. My favorite, Komatsu. But they all do amazing work. Thanks to their humans. I’ve got a front row…
Twenty-Two Times A Day
April 26, 2015 By Mickey Friedman Sometimes something happens we know nothing about. Down the road a bit. Around the block. The other side of town. In another state. Or the other side of the country. And so it’s understandable…
Goodbye
April 21, 2015 By Mickey Friedman We’re supposed to just get on with it. Embrace the future. Forsake sadness. As the past vanishes before our eyes. Exalt the instrument of transformation, the chainsaw. But during a moment of daydream one…
A Fence with a View
By Bill Shein April 3, 2015 “The Town of Great Barrington is accepting letters of interest from legal residents/registered voters to fill the following vacancies: Fence Viewer (1) – Until 2015.” – From “Jobs and Opportunities” on townofgb.org. To the…