Last Tuesday, November 11, 2025, a German court ruled that OpenAI's ChatGPT violated copyright law by using song lyrics without permission. The court ruled that OpenAI should have obtained licenses for German lyrics in GEMA…
I’ve recently become more aware that a concerning number of fellow citizens on this pale blue dot, fitting oddly enough on a planet where 70% of its surface is water, are drowning. What they are…
54-40 or Fight! Vote yourself a farm, president of the people. Return to normalcy a bigger stick, Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, The Continental Liar from the state of Maine. Happy days…
I follow the old trail, where the path is dense beneath, and the crisp lunge of autumn charges the air. It begins proud of the churchyard, where the gravestones stand like silent sentinels, …
In what now feels like a different life, a quarter century ago, I was utterly obsessed with tuning my guitar using an E tuning fork. I only relied on a tuner, specifically a strobe tuner…
It's fascinating to see how many places around the world witness history being made and reshaped every night, often in basements. As kids, we frequently find ourselves in trouble or hiding from parents and babysitters…
It could be argued that “Peace For Our Time,” the infamous quote from Neville Chamberlain summing up his delusional perspective on one of the world's most important meetings held 87 years ago today, would be…
At exactly 2:19 PM EST this afternoon, it will be autumn in my neck of the woods. Opinions vary regarding the official start and end of the season, of course, as astronomical fall is based…
This quote from 1979’s Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich continues with “…not when we are clean. Anyone will love us when we're clean. It makes you think the best way to hold on to…
