Dateline Kyiv: Report From the Scene of the Crime

Published Jan. 23, 2020 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: I’m here in Kyiv, hot on the trail of Rudy Giuliani, Paul Manafort and the cafe where Gordon Sondland had champagne and caviar ravioli while chatting loudly with Donald Trump about making a deal with Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy to announce a phony investigation … Read more

Capricorn Old Moon, then Aquarius New Moon

Published Jan. 19, 2020 Dear Friend and Reader: This is about to be an interesting week. I know we are surfing the wild waves of “interesting times” (or maybe just Twitter) these days. However, the way this week’s astrology lines up with collective events, we’ve got a real moment. This week is all about the … Read more

This Cannot Be Happening, But It Is

Published Jan. 16, 2020 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Tonight I’m going to do my best to explain the events in American politics in the first three days after the Saturn-Pluto conjunction, and the first week after a lunar eclipse. This is not a pleasant topic to write about, though if we … Read more

Michael Cohen Testimony: Where the Buck Stops

Originally published Feb. 28, 2019 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Those who took the time out to watch Michael Cohen’s testimony Wednesday heard him describe what is essentially a vast criminal syndicate led by Donald Trump, which has accompanied him into the White House. Cohen hinted that federal prosecutors in New York … Read more

World Within, World About

Originally published Feb. 21, 2019 | Link to original “These different kinds of pain share a common thread: our lack of healthy connection to each other, our inability to see the full dignity of each other, and the resulting culture of fear, distrust, tribalism, shaming and strife.” — David Brooks in The New York Times … Read more