The Midwife for the Imperial Presidency—Theodore Roosevelt
By accident Theodore Roosevelt became President in September 1901, upon the assassination of President William McKinley. Having achieved his lifelong…
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When I Tried To Become A 9-1-1 Operator
I was desperate for a job. I wanted out of retail. Temp jobs were not meant to last. I gave…
Seductive Abduction and Other Poems
Now that you have me blindfolded and blind-sided by your kinky kindness and all tied up with future plans while…
Benjamin Franklin and the U.S. Constitution
Let us suppose 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin was actually healthy at the 1787 Federal Convention in Philadelphia, in short, that he…
The Suffragette
A desk in the shape of a box sat in the living room of one Mr. David Nashe. Mr. Nashe,…
Bet’n Jive
EXT. UNIVERSITY QUAD - DAY It’s a small Catholic University. The type that hosts haunted castles, secret underground passageways and…
Bella’s Bed
I recently found myself in one of those arguments that I’m convinced every book-reading or movie-viewing American has at one…
Pete Seeger: Changing the World One Song at a Time
Before the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, Jim Hendrix, Bob Dylan and others, there was Pete Seeger. With his five-string…
Wake Up Ambassador Stone
I laid in bed on top of damp sheets staring up at the molded ceiling which just started to leak.…
Side Effects
Pharmaceutical Drugs have an average of 70 side effects or 'drug reactions', with some as high as 525. This is…