By Mark Antony Rossi As my country, the United States, is engulfed in meaningful protests against discrimination it is also swamped with meaningless protests some organized by groups with agendas not meant to help the public discourse on the subject of equal treatment under the law. But the biggest problem […]
By Mark Antony Rossi Police brutality in America has never entirely been built on bigotry. While I won’t make light of some of the obvious examples it should be noted in the full picture all too often police violations have more to do with abuse of power than abuse of […]
By Mark Antony Rossi What is the new normal for places that have endured three months of isolation, evacuation and expiration. The corona virus is still ravaging through India, parts of Northern China and South America. For a hyper financial, Uber freedom zone like America the new normal might mean […]
By Mark Antony Rossi Strange how a global calamity can bring people closer together. It’s even more ironic when asked to social distance (staying six feet away from each other) winds up bringing people to a more neighborly position. I wish I knew why it took thousands to die for […]
By Mark Antony Rossi Without making a joke I sometimes struggle to find Beauty in Life. There are days I stare at my wife and children and only receive waves of obligation; not heavenly profound revelation. I question if military service, urban politics and decades writing about the human condition […]
By Mark Antony Rossi Once again our illustrious news media have managed to scare people into a total standstill. It’s not enough major newspapers are folding monthly due to disinterested readers. People become tired of lies. The sad fact remains more people died from the common flu last year in […]
~ By Mark Antony Rossi If the Digital Age had a Bible, one of its quotes would be “be fruitful and podcast.” Every time I turn around someone, I know is starting a podcast. Which is fine except I wish I would get a direct memo once in a while […]
By Mark Antony Rossi During the past century nothing that matters in our lives has stayed the same. Transportation. Fashion. Cinema. Radio. Newspapers. Food. Reproduction. Yet there are those in literature who prefer to cling to the past and attempt to judge others by using standards restricted by structural limitations. […]
By Mark Antony Rossi Yesterday we thought advanced machines were built for servitude. Today their paid surrogates aggressively advocate for sentience. The day of mechanical malevolence is fast upon us. Artificial intelligence is dreaming of a world without humanity. Sex robots leave factories fulfilling fantasies of perverted people willing to […]
By Mark Antony Rossi Trump’s populist approach will guarantee his reelection — and why is that? Fundamentally, it comes down to a single factor — no one opposing him has attempted to discover why he was elected in the first place. Personal retaliation and status quo mantra’s are not […]