John Boucha

Without doubt, the most attractive period in human history is that radical decade we fondly remember as the nineteen-eighties. Our senses are aroused by the unabashed frosty-eyed exuberance that erupted into a melange of neon color, synth pop, joysticks, lasers, guitar solos and hairspray excess. No other crosshatching of culture, cinema, music and technology resonates into today with such bitchin...

There are many disturbing consequences of one species’ unchecked population growth towards a suffocated oblivion, but one of the more unsettling outcomes of this reckless and egocentric lunacy is seen in the United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs prediction...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a sarcastic portrayal of the misguided leadership found in the upper echelons of business and government. There’s no denying the maladies found in the unbelievable design flaws, misuse of technologies and resources, endless costs and laissez-faire oversight. The whole operation is such a bastardized thing I don’t whether to throw feces or spit. Worst of...

Is there no greater achievement in the pages of human history than that of the written word? Without text and the eternal wisdom contained therein man would still be hibernating inside those delicate walls that shelter illiteracy, crippled by the dark recesses of his poor memory. Reading gives rise to the inspiration and creative surges needed for every discovery civilization has had or ever will ...

I wish to write some marvelously fantastic blurb about Oasis that would equal the band’s own monumental achievements. I’ve spent weeks sitting like Winnie the Pooh, one arm folded, the other tapping my dense skull in a trying effort to dislodge even a wee bit crumb of Novelty, but I can only curse my feeble imagination as nothing comes to mind that would do the Gallagher brothers justice. Oh, ...

History is known to many as the greatest writer and actor of all time, and yet History is by no means creative, or even original, invariably through the twenty-four hours of its normal day. A seemingly content chronicler of events, History is often seen linking stories in a sequential chain spanning beyond the scope of human perception. Millions of people, the links of a nation, are cast and spent...

A curious child might look upon that rainbow of religious thought found throughout the land and ponder over the fact higher beings always seem to share the same visual appearance as the ethnic groups that follow them. This inquisitive youth might ask, Why? Like, why isn’t Vishnu black or Loki Mexican? Why doesn’t Jesus wear a sombrero or why doesn’t Zeus have dreadlocks? Unbeknownst to the c...

America has an unhealthy obsession with animal protein. So hysterical are they to shove more meat and diary down their gullet that any sensible nutritional balance is thrown out the window in favor of, “Hey bro, where do you get your protein?” The unfortunate fact we face here is that health education is driven by television commercials and misinformed YouTube personalities which all displace ...

I don't own a TV and so don’t have the pleasure of being influenced by the prejudice and biases of the major news networks’ coverage of anything. Left to my own devices I saw the 2016 U.S. Presidential race as an election in which Americans voted against the candidate they didn’t want in office. Never before had both primaries appeared so irrevocably unqualified to lead a nation, and to a th...

For as long as I can remember, National Geographic Magazine has captivated me with gorgeous photography and epic storytelling from exotic locations around the world in a vivid exploration of people, places and things. I can’t help but feel inspired to head out on my own to make photographs and write about my own experiences - which actually forms the basis of this blog. The magazine’s allur...