Intercepted Podcast Review Update
Keith R. Higgons I recently reviewed The Intercept_ podcast Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill. In it, I briefly mention that in one episode they address America’s sketchy history of fucking with Latin...
View ArticleMicrodosing LSD
Keith R. Higgons The Seven Things I Learned Microdosing LSD About a year ago, a friend of mine sent me Ayelet Waldman’s book A Very Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My...
View ArticleMicrodosing LSD – UPDATE
Keith R. Higgons Yes, I realize I just sent a rather long post but I found an article worth sharing in the event you’re left scratching your head thinking “What’s he off about? LSD? Is he an idiot?”...
View ArticleManic Street Preachers
Keith R. Higgons If you live in America, Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are one of the better rock bands you’ve probably never heard of. As near as I can tell, it seems that 2010’s Postcards from...
View ArticleDonald Trump: Four More Years?
Keith R. Higgons President Donald Trump isn’t an unwitting, brainwashed assassin in the same way that Sargent Raymond Shaw was in The Manchurian Candidate. He’s worse. Donald Trump is real. And he’s...
View ArticleWhy The Replacements (still) Matter
Keith R. Higgons A few years ago I saw a glimmer of hope for future generations. I was perusing the stationary/book store, in the bowels of Rockefeller Plaza, on the prowl for unneeded reading...
View ArticleGlobalization & Music — The World Got Smaller, But Better?
Keith R. Higgons One of the primary argument’s for globalization was that it would bring many aspects of the world closer. Be it political, economic or cultural, in essence, globalization would make...
View ArticleSoul Asylum
Keith R. Higgons Even though I’ve called the East Coast my home for well over half my life now, I am a Midwestern boy through and through. One of the many traits we Midwesterners carry with us, no...
View ArticleGreen New Deal
Keith R. Higgons I recently began writing for the Italian news site, InsideOver. One of the articles I wrote was about the Green New Deal (Top Five Myths – they’re not really the top five, but . . . )....
View ArticleRetro Review: Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul – Men Without Women (1982)
Keith R. Higgons While visiting my cousins’ years ago, in New York City, I got a broader exposure to music. In between, uh, “cigarettes”, I also got a brief history of the E Street Band. Including who...
View ArticleLou Reed – Rocker, Poet, Artist . . . Educator?
Keith R. Higgons Then one fine morning, she put on a New York station She couldn’t believe what she heard at all She started dancing to that fine-fine music Ahh, her life was saved by rock ’n’ roll –...
View ArticleDear Senator Elizabeth Warren,
Keith R. Higgons 31.5.2019 Dear Senator Warren, I think the winds are beginning to shift . . . or maybe it’s just that I finally opened my eyes. You see, I feel you can win this. In the spirit of...
View ArticleNew Writing and I’m Lazy
Keith R. Higgons Greetings and salutations! I’ve got new writing up at a few places and I’m getting ready to travel again for work so won’t have the time to post them here. In the event you didn’t...
View ArticleSumming Up the Democratic Nominees
Keith R. Higgons Yea, don’t worry, I’m not going to sum up the entire 198 Democratic Nominees. Only the top five. As the two nights of debates are next week, it’s probably best to know who is about...
View ArticleDemocratic Debates, Night 1
Keith R. Higgons Round one of the Democratic debates ended without any bloodshed or a TKO. With the exception of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, all the candidates started off visibly nervous. Amy...
View ArticleDemocratic Debates, Night 2
Keith R. Higgons Well, last nights round two of the democratic debates didn’t disappoint. It was a good sequel to the first night. While the moderators were clearly focusing on the front runners of the...
View ArticleAll Dollars, No Sense: The Opioid Crisis
Keith R. Higgons Drug overdose is the leading cause of death for those under the age of 50 and sixty percent of those deaths are attributable to opioids. It almost goes without saying that in America,...
View ArticleLiberal/Progressive – Who are You?
Keith R. Higgons With the first round of Democratic debates over, it’s become clear that the party has begun to slide to the left. Whether that’s been by design or by force is up for debate. There is...
View ArticleArticles of Impeachment: Third Time is NOT the Charm
Keith R. Higgons On Tuesday July 16 Texas Democrat Al Green introduced Articles of Impeachment in the House of Representatives against President Donald Trump. Impeachment has been a long simmering...
View ArticleBrexit and America: The Odd Couple?
Keith R. Higgons Boris Johnson, long a champion of Britain’s exit (Brexit) from the European Union, is now the Prime Minister. Soon he will formally take up residence at 10 Downing Street and begin the...
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