Here Comes the Flu Klux Klan
Stoop Dog
April 21, 2020
Greetings from NYC, the hottest of American hotbeds for Covid-19. For a guy like me who’s worked from home since 2005 and who hates physical
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The Hypocrisy of a Trump Crisis Response
Stoop Dog
April 6, 2020
Hunkered down in my Brooklyn home, at yet another NYC Ground Zero, reading Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ warning that this week “is going to be
It’s Official. It’s a Pandemic
Stoop Dog
March 11, 2020
On the same day that the World Health Organization officially decreed Covid-19 to be a pandemic in order to bolster public awareness of the seriousness
Will it help Trump in 2020?
Stoop Dog
December 19, 2019
It’s over. It was the expected party-line vote but the evidence against Trump was irrefutable in a 300 page document from the House Select Intelligence
Will any Republicans stand up to Trump?
Stoop Dog
December 16, 2019
No one expects this Republican senate to convict Trump. There are several recently retired Republican politicians who are critical of him but are there any
The Best Commencement Speech Ever
Stoop Dog
October 15, 2019
I’ve followed Victor Wooten‘s career for years, since he began working with the improbably banjo-based jazz fusion band, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. There are
What Happens If Trump Resigns?
Stoop Dog
October 14, 2019
This question appeared on Quora yesterday: If Trump resigns, can he still be tried for high crimes as a private citizen? “High Crimes”, like “Abuse
Mid-Life Career Changes
Stoop Dog
September 25, 2019
As those of you who know me or have read my blogs know, I was a professional musician (a bass player) until I was 39
Let’s talk about “rat infested”
Stoop Dog
July 29, 2019
This week Trump unleashed another unhinged Twitter rant, this one targeting Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. It was in response to Cummings’ outrage over the
The Disappearing Brooklyn Stoop
Stoop Dog
July 28, 2019
Brownstoner posted a terrific, in-depth article about something topically relevant to this site. But it’s also something that I’ve noticed all over NYC since the early