For those of you who are old enough to remember, astrologers at one time had available to them a great research tool in the form of Lois Rodden’s AstroDataBank that ran on Microsoft’s Access database software. Personally, I made great use of it more than a decade ago when I was writing my book Parivartana […]
The Winter of Our Discontent…
These are difficult times for the Royal family. In January, King Charles and the Princess of Wales were both hospitalized within the same week. Charles was in for a prostate surgery, Kate for a major abdominal surgery that required several days of post-op monitoring. Her convalescence, it was cautioned, would take six to eight weeks. […]
King Charles: Exit, stage left?
It was no easy road to the throne of England for Charles. His mother Queen Elizabeth II held onto the royal scepter until she was on her death-bed at age 96. His life, laid bare by decades of tabloid coverage, and recapped in poignant detail in the Netflix series The Crown, evokes sympathy for a […]
Gavin Newsom: Just another pretty face, or America...
Every time a journalist asks Gavin Newsom whether he’ll present himself as a Presidential candidate in the current primaries/election cycle, he says that he won’t contest incumbent President Biden. Like many a politician, Newsom has evidently mastered the art of answering a question in a diplomatic way without actually slamming the door shut on any […]
Robert Oppenheimer: American Prometheus
Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the “father of the atomic bomb,” an historical figure whose name has gained greater public awareness with the release of this summer’s blockbuster movie. Oppenheimer was something of a boy genius, […]
Margot Robbie: pretty (smart) in pink
The movie Barbie continues to break box-office records, having recently topped The Dark Knight of the Batman series to become Warner Brothers biggest movie ever at the American box office, earning over $537M and counting… Needless to say, the Mattel group is also giddy with delight at the reception of the movie, with potential sequels, […]
Chris Christie: spoiling for a fight
Chris Christie, contender for the Presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 election cycle, is spoiling for a fight. And not just in the contest for Republican Presidential nominee. On July 13 he told Piers Morgan in an interview that he could even take Donald Trump in a real UFC-style fight, and “I’d […]
Sinéad O’Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U
July 26th saw the passing of Sinéad O’Connor, the remarkable Irish singer with the incredible voice. She’d come on the scene in the late ’80s with a debut album that garnered some attention, and in the early ‘90s released a second album, I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got, which took her to […]
Profiles in Passion: Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (30 March 1937 – ) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Strikingly handsome with a style that is self-consciously cool and opaque, he was the classic screen idol of his day. He has been nominated for 14 Oscars, including his performance in 1967 for Bonnie and Clyde. He won the Oscar […]
Tucker Carlson: paleo-conservative megaphone
Tucker Carlson, arguably the most influential voice in American media, has enjoyed a spectacular rise to pre-eminence as a spokesperson for an increasingly cynical and divisive political electorate. He’s been described as a “paleo-conservative,” expressing right-wing views that embrace nationalism, racism, sexism, and xenophobia. And yet his opinions merely reflect those of many conservative politicians, […]