“So, in effect, government is taxing the rich, who provide most of the revenue to fund transfers, in order to enable the poor to pay for a relatively unchanging healthcare package that has…

“The first great fortunes in the colony of Carolina were made with rice—by the labor of countless enslaved Africans who brought with them the engineering and agricultural knowledge that made the rice crop…

“A tama, a heart-stone, a tiny and very old Greek donkey blanket (upon which all these redolent objects rest): these are the things I took away with me over 63 years, to amuse,…

“I am dog tired. Enough is enough. I walk back over to the carousel and wait for the luggage that may never come. I’m quite sure that this is due to our late…

“They speak of god and country, wave flags they claim to love, plant their flagpoles into our Native brethren’s backs. The god they speak of does not deserve a capital G—he has no…

“Arthur Koestler compared intuition to an underwater chain whose ends are visible on opposite sides of the ocean. As my title indicates, I prefer the image of a submerged cable, for today it…

Out of Santorini By Doris Athanassakis Note: This portfolio of  images represents yet another offering via Weekly Hubris of works by photographer Doris Athanassakis. Here, Doris again turns her lens on elements of her analog…

Won Over By Reality By Tim Bayer BRIGHTON New York—(Weekly Hubris)—8/3/2015—It’s sometimes entertaining to speculate about what others might be thinking, and give those thoughts voice. In the video I’ve found for you…

“I am a merry-go-round mannikin yanked by the pole at the top of my head and tossed off the wheel. My pole goes into the soft ground. I see the whirling stars beneath…

Won Over By Reality By Tim Bayer BRIGHTON New York—(Weekly Hubris)—7/27/2015—Kids and the elderly use language very differently. Well, in fact, we speak entirely different languages, and we interact in entirely different ways.…