Jim Leff's Slog

I hesitate to be whimsically anecdotal here, since it might signal that my more serious pieces are for light amusement rather than thoughtfu...

I am not anti-billionaire, anti-capitalist, or anti-business. I understand preservation of shareholder value, and I know that Donald Tr...

This will be very entertaining for any jazz musician karma yogis out there. Everyone else can skip it. Nothing Happens to “Me” Obvi...

At this point I could sustain myself intellectually by playing Mah Jong with previous postings. This ...explains this People "don...

Years ago I wrote a post titled "Filtering the Zombie Army" . Most people do nothing. If they sign on, they won't show. If t...

I was on aspirin therapy for years, but no one ever told me to limit alcohol. Aspirin therapy (yes, even little baby aspirin) erodes your st...

The title reflects my signature move. It's pretty much all I've ever done, from my youth hanging out in ghetto jazz bars to a music ...

If you really hate to think of yourself as someone who eats like a pig, you have two choices: 1. Not eat like a pig, or 2. Eat like a p...

I remember when the Internet hit big—so big that people inevitably went anti on it. It's a passing fad. It's overblown. It's stu...

I will never fathom how the Right went from "Don't tread on me" to "Comply utterly or be killed." But, to be fair...