“Creativitry,” writes legendary playwright Stan Lai in the preface to his new book of that name, “Doesn’t exist as a word. Just as all creative things do not exist — until they do. “Rhymes with Artistry, and Chemistry, and Sorcery. “The know-how, practice and mastery of creativity.” The overlap, undercurrents and  interplay of creativity and curiosity come … Continued


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More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence | Silicon Valley’s Migration to Texas with Musk’s Monarcho-Capitalism Embracing the Christian Nationalist of Petrobaptists | A New Poll That Finds GOP Voters See Trump as Tough, Intelligent or a Peacemaker While Democrats and Independents Say He’s Destructive, Erratic or Reckless

More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence We begin with House Democrats releasing incriminating emails from Epstein expressing surprise that Trump had not been tied to his and Maxwell’s sex trafficking victims, one of whom Epstein said Trump spent hours with at his house, going on … Continued