We Are the Enemy: Is This the Lesson of Ferguson?
If you dress police officers up as soldiers and you put them in military vehicles and you give them military…
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Rich Writes Home
Dear Catherine, It’s spooky. Getting in the car in the dark before sunrise to drive to the riverside to sit.…
Get to Know the Artist: Meghann Wright
Meet Meghann Wright, an emerging singer/songwriter based in New York. Meghann has a background drenched in culture, extending beyond music…
Infestation Pt. 2
“Are you swearing off men completely?” Barton’s pulse quickened with relief. Vince had unwittingly offered Barton a way to refuse…
Misplaced Anger
Our last encounter was at Mike’s funeral. “I hope you’ll agree to meet with me Joe,” she wrote, as the…
Get to Know the Artist: Every Flavor Weather Machine
When you hear or read the words, “Every Flavor Weather Machine,” you don’t immediately think of music, but that’s precisely…
The Political Currents of Bronte’s “Us Vs Them”
In a world of sugary pop ballads and singles encouraging us all to shake some sort of ourselves, I always…
Get to Know the Artist: Lion’s Mouth
“We have never heard the same comparison more than once, which makes us feel like we have created a sound…
Are ‘We the People’ Useful Idiots in the Digital Age?
Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union, a phrase evolved to describe gullible western intellectuals who came to…
A Passenger’s View, Tuesday’s Commute, and Other Poems
Like a pocket watch Reflecting lights in Sears, The stars’ sovereign presides over A fixed desert’s moisture. The jagged, sloping…