Angst in the Time of Corona
JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: DAY 1 3/15/20 Starting Journal of the Plague Year on the Ides of March. Hmm. Today's stats: USA infected...
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 7 min
Torn-Up Texts and Mini Mike
Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address In the midst of a predictably partisan impeachment trial, Donald Trump said not a word about the...
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- Jan 21, 2020
- 13 min
The Shelf-Life of Democracies
An interview with George Blecher on US politics in the age of Trump George Blecher Adam Reichardt Media acceleration puts enormous...
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- Feb 13, 2019
- 8 min
Old Soldiers and Women in White
Donald Trump’s achievements thus far have been rhetorical. But whether Democrats can take advantage of his weakness remains doubtful....
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- Aug 3, 2018
- 13 min
Murder, Politics and Architecture: The Making of Madison Square Park
LATELY, MADISON SQUARE PARK has provided a staging area for provocative art installations, pop-up food courts and outdoor work spaces....
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- Jul 3, 2018
- 7 min
Michael Bloomberg and the US Presidency: A Sign of the Times?
As Donald Trump appals and captivates the world in equal measure, another New York businessman is quietly positioning himself for power....
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- Oct 24, 2016
- 4 min
Alone and Tired
In the latest of his Battle Dispatches from the electoral front, George Blecher visits the heartlands of the Trump vote in the swing...
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- Aug 15, 2013
- 5 min
Bound to a Place, Despite Life’s Thorns
I owned the cottage right from the beginning. Or it owned me. For one thing, it was so old. Later we found it on maps dating back to the...
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- May 27, 2013
- 3 min
Deeper Than a Tweet: The Boston Bombing and Why You Can't Become Completely American
George Blecher pinpoints exactly what it is that confuses Americans about the actions of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who, prior to the bombing of...
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- May 7, 2013
- 7 min
David Foster Wallace: Innocence and Experience
He pointed a way for American fiction out of the doldrums of postmodernism, writes George Blecher. For a culture troubled by the...
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- May 24, 2011
- 7 min
Whispering on Paper
Email, text messaging and social networks have revolutionized the way we communicate. Yet as the magic of instantaneity fades, George...
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- Jun 7, 2010
- 12 min
Where People Walk a Mile for a Chuckle
Tough materialism and existential frankness, an awareness of one’s mortality balanced by the refusal to talk bullshit: George Blecher...
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- May 22, 2007
- 7 min
Dirty Secrets of a Translator
No translator can translate equally well. A lot gets lost in translation. Some languages don’t translate well. These are just some of the...
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- Oct 10, 2005
- 4 min
The Hidden Face of America’s Poor
At first you don’t notice them. They’re so skinny that in a crowd of three or more at a street corner or in a mall, they disappear. When...
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- Feb 2, 2005
- 5 min
Healthier in Lungs, Poorer in Spirit
Eating in a Manhattan midtown restaurant the other night, I happened to glance over at the bar area. People were perched on bar stools,...
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- Oct 5, 2004
- 5 min
We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us
In the light of the American presidential election in November 2004, George Blecher muses on the growing gap between those sympathising...
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- Mar 20, 2004
- 10 min
The Leisure Class and I
George Blecher discusses the timeliness of Thorstein Veblen’s “Theory of the Leisure Class” and traces his own lust for the...
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- Feb 8, 2000
- 22 min
Americans at Millennium’s End
Additionally published in Wespennest (Vienna)
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