Gen X Chronicle brings you the latest installment of Today in Trump Land, where we chronicle the doings, comings and goings of the Trump Administration. I say comings and goings because no other American Presidential administration has had such a high rate of turnover as the current one.… Continue Reading
I wake up late, around 2 p.m., on a Wednesday in March after writing two genxchronicle.com stories. One is about Rex Tillerson’s firing as Secretary of State, and one is about the significance of the time 11:11.
When I sit up I see that Copper is sleeping on the lounge chair in my bedroom, which has some clothes on it. … Continue Reading
It’s late on Wednesday night, and I’ve been sitting in my kitchen by the window watching the snowfall intermittently. It’s mostly tailed off by now, but there’s a stray lost snowflake here and there.
I woke up late today, around 2pm, after staying up the entire night before writing.… Continue Reading
It’s 6:23 a.m. on a Sunday in March, and I’ve been up all night working, the usual writer’s life stuff. I wrote a long post about my celebration last night in a Queens bar for the publication of my first two ebooks, which are about life with my wonderful but shy cat Copper.… Continue Reading
Tonight was an important night for me. I finally wrote the essay I’ve been dying to write for years about the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. I’ve written essays on Iraq before, but today was the 15th anniversary of the US invasion, so I felt like now was the time to say what I wanted to say.… Continue Reading
Fifteen years ago today, the US invasion of Iraq began. The war was justified in America based on the idea that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which he did not. Virtually all American political leaders knew he did not, as did the mass media, and a good portion of American citizens on the political left.… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, President Trump is scheduled to meet with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Crown Prince is seeking further US aid to the Kingdom to support its brutal, indiscriminate air campaign in Yemen. Since 2015, when the Saudis intervene in Yemen, more 10,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed, and 40,000 have been wounded.… Continue Reading
It’s 9:49 p.m. on Thursday March 8th, and I’ve been unwinding for a little while after a long day working on genxchronicle.com. I spent the past few hours trying to figure out how to get all my blog posts up on Instagram.… Continue Reading
I was born in 1974, and so my formative childhood years are the 1980’s. I’m a proud, card carrying member of Generation X. I loved all kinds of music when I was growing up, from 80’s pop to classic rock from the 60’s and 70’s to hip hop.… Continue Reading
In 2015, Saudi Arabia began a brutal air and ground campaign aimed at dislodging the Houthi rebels from their control of a large part of Yemen. Since that time, the Saudis’ main focus has been an indiscriminate bombing campaign that has led to the deaths of 10,000 civilians, with 40,000 injured, and caused the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.… Continue Reading