We all know what happened in 2016 during the Presidential Election of Donald Trump. But do we know WHY it happened? There was plenty of speculation to go around for sure. But Mark Jabbour’s book Election 2016: The Great Divide, The Great Debate explains it on so many different levels that it becomes clear there … Continue reading Book Review: A Mirror of America
Category: Politics
State Of The Union: 2024
I watched the State Of The Union address by president Joe Biden Thursday, because I was curious. However, I didn't stay through the whole thing. Because I wanted to watch the Denver Nuggets play the Boston Celtics in what was being billed as an NBA Finals preview. Wow! The game was not a disappointment. The … Continue reading State Of The Union: 2024
Election 2016: Book Review
Election 2016: The Great Divide, The Great Debate by Mark Jabbour Xlibris book review by Mihir Shah "Clinton is wrong in that regard. It doesn’t take a village to raise a child; it takes a man, a father (with help, of course)." On the surface, what appears to be a text delving into the perfect … Continue reading Election 2016: Book Review
Cortez the Killer: smash or pass
Recently I saw a classical musician's reaction to Neil Young's Cortez the Killer. Water filled my eyes. The song has always been one of my all time favorites. Young broke it out on his 1975 album Zuma. It is about Cortez, Moetezuma II, war and peace. In the 16th Century! Seems relevant given the state of … Continue reading Cortez the Killer: smash or pass
Fall Frenzy: Update
It's Thanksgiving week; and also the week I turn seventy-four. Wasn't that a song? Oh wait, that song is When I'm 64 Sixty-Four. However it was released in 1967, so ... . Anyway, I'm not losing my hair. In fact I'm still pretty spry. Furthermore, John Lennon is dead. Gunned down in front of his apartment … Continue reading Fall Frenzy: Update
Mark Jabbour’s 3 favorite reads in 2023
My 3 favorite reads of the past year can be found at the link below. They're all nonfiction and very relevant to what's happening in these trying times we're all living through. Mark is an author, Independent, Curious, Straight-forward, Educated, and Strong. — Read on shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/mark-jabbour
Fall Frenzy: 2023 version
Fall Frenzy 2023 has gone crazy compared to 2022. Let's get into it. I've taken to visual aids. Old school. No computer or AI generated images for yours truly. Below is a "map" of this year's version of Fall Frenzy. Dominating all else is the Israel / Hamas war. These people are out of their … Continue reading Fall Frenzy: 2023 version
Anger and the Road to Hell
is a chapter in my book Election 2016: The Great Divide, The Great Debate. I am now in the process of republishing it. Because it is especially relevant now, even more so than when I wrote it. Moreover, "things" have gotten worse. Why? is a great question. The book takes a shot at answering that. Election 2016 … Continue reading Anger and the Road to Hell
The Hatred of Donald Trump
The hatred of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, can be explained by the ego defense mechanism Reaction Formation. Let's get into it. Reaction Formation is simply the hatred of that which you fear you need, or want. It is a Freudian, psycho-analytic concept. It combines repression of unmet desire with projection. … Continue reading The Hatred of Donald Trump
Following up: You are what you watch
is what I did on Monday. Because I was bored after doing things that needed doing. Those things also being boring. What I did was click on YouTube and spend the next ten or twelve hours there - watching. Can I now say with any certainty, THIS IS WHO I AM? Let's get into it. … Continue reading Following up: You are what you watch