By Marcia Morgado A night rife with hyperbole and histrionics. It was loud, dark, blood-tinged, and ridden with falsehoods. Red dominated the night. It’s a color associated with the Republican party, as in red states. And with Donald Trump’s excessively long ties. On a positive note, it was also former first lady Nancy Reagan’s go-to …
By Marcia Morgado Laura and Marco, are two storms that threaten states in the US Gulf of Mexico basin in the coming days; while the battle to save the United States Postal Services rages in Washington. Understanding that the Postal Service is a vital resource to Americans everywhere, and gauging the threat to November’s election, …
By Marcia Morgado Comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus moderated Night 4, the 11-Emmy winner star of Veep and Seinfeld is a decades-long Democrat. She brought combative one-liners into a forum that up to that moment had remained zing-less. She and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang poked fun at vice president Mike Pence, who recently had difficulty pronouncing …
Going high is the only thing that works!
The side effects of isolation After more than a month of being locked down, facing the prospect of someone asking: “are you ok?” irks me. I wonder whether I may lose it. Do people really want to know when they ask, or is it as casual as saying “hello?” or even worse, an attempt to …
It’s a new way of getting together that we explored on Easter Sunday for a family dinner tryout: there we were, on the same screen but in distant areas of the county. We toasted for good cheer and health; some of us grew tired from the strangeness of the circumstance. The lack of sensorial connections …
Tall, slim, with a well-toned figure despite living over eight decades. At 87, Victor Batista Falla invariably conveyed elegance, good humor, and intelligence. Throughout his life in exile, he was a generous contributor to Cuban exile literary projects, and a passionate lover of dance: ballet, modern dance, and flamenco. As expressed by the Grand Duchy …
By Marcia Morgado John Prine was known for a unique everyman poetic storytelling approach to music writing, Along with social commentary, Prine’s wry sense of humor shines strong; fused with down-to-earth humanity, it results in great songs about the human condition. From 1971 with well-known pieces as Hello in There, Paradise and Sam Stone to …