Donald Flintstone


You can agree or disagree with Donald Trump, but he clearly represents a vision of the past, a vision of a homogeneous culture in which the implanted beliefs of white, Christian males supersede all others. It is a vision without a foundation in the actual country in which we live.

O yes, the Earth is flat and no longer revolves around the sun.

O yes, we shall march in lockstep back to the Dark Ages, where the wildest conspiracy fictions and contrived pseudosciences rule our lives. And we shall imprison all traitors who do not comply.

O yes, ideologies shift and change, but that is of no matter. Compliance is what we seek.

O my country. O my people. What have you done?




This Idea Of Free





I am so used to this idea of free
I forget how many in this world
Are shackled by ideas,
So many in this free country,
In my hometown,
Shackle themselves with ideas,
Rules for living,
Or no ideas at all,
Just behaviors,
Self-destructive behaviors
Masquerading as freedom.

So confusing,
This idea of free.


 ~ Poem & Photo by Russ Allison Loar
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Notable People I Have Known




Sherwood Rowland ~ Nobel Prize Winning Scientist

I first interviewed UC Irvine chemistry professor Sherwood Rowland in 1987 when I was a reporter for the Irvine World News, the first of many subsequent interviews. It was during the time of the Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, a worldwide effort to limit and eventually ban the industry-wide production and use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). 

Rowland, with postdoctoral research assistant Mario Melina, discovered that CFCs were destroying the earth’s protective ozone layer, a conclusion that was heavily criticized during the early years of his findings.

When I first interviewed him in his campus laboratory, he told me that global warming was the most imminent threat to the planet. To my surprise, he said that in addition to the man-made chemicals that were warming the planet were gas emissions from cattle—cow belching!

He was very generous with his time during that first interview, despite the fact that I was just a small-time reporter for the local newspaper. He even showed me his ice core samples.

Rowland and Melina were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995.



~ by Russ Allison Loar
~ Photo by Rick Loomis\Los Angeles Times
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One Cup Of Coffee















S o many of us are struggling,
Tormented by work and money,
Dysfunctional families,
Disease and decadence,
Political injustice,
Weather,
Inertia.

Yet each morning,
After only one cup of coffee,
I am glad to be alive
One more day.



~ Russ Allison Loar
~ Artwork by Christian René aka runnerfrog
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We've Got Some Chairs














We’ve got some chairs,
Some beautiful chairs no one can sit on,
Right over there,
In the room no one can enter,
Unless it’s a special occasion,
Like somebody’s birthday,
Or Christmas.

We call it our living room.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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Donald Flintstone




~ Cut & paste by Russ Allison Loar
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