Waiting for the Miracle
Mallory: I dance as though fire cleanses me, my hips the rhythm of bullets while Mickey eats green pie. Just…
“Bright Lights” and a Bright Future for Paul McDonald
I stopped watching American Idol after Season 8 or 9, so I narrowly missed Paul McDonald, a top-10 finisher in…
The Banjo Man
Nervously playing with her hair, Annie pulled up his quiet, mountain drive. On the passenger seat next to her sat…
The FBI: America’s Secret Police
We want no Gestapo or secret police. The FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals…
Zombies Are Us: The Walking Dead in the American Police State
Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the…
Hollow Justice and Courts of Order in an Age of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny
“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”—Justice William O.…
Shielded from Justice: The High Cost of Living in a Police State
“It’s been over five months since the night a SWAT team broke into the house in which we were staying…We…
Buzzing for The Honeyrunners’ EP II
Toronto-based rock band The Honeyrunners has just released EP II, and it is the definitely worth a listen. The group…
The Giver and the Rise of the Dystopian Film Genre After 9/11
In the 2000s, more than 30 dystopian films were made in the U.S.: that’s double the number of dystopian films…
Get to Know the Artist: Black Whales
Meet Black Whales, a Seattle based, psych-pop band. This group is adding something new to the pop music scene: a…