Grist
At 6:35 AM, on a Tuesday mid-July, Alberto Salazar woke up. It was not, however, a literal awakening, considering Salazar…
Kerouac Torch
Tom walked in with the bouquet of blazing sacrosanct truths the first sermons he could ever really get behind. he…
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Naked Truth About the American Police State
“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself…Almost inevitably,…
238 Years Later, Would Americans Still Choose Freedom Over Slavery?
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? I…
A ‘Rey’ of Black Sunshine- Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence sends us on a dark journey
Lana Del Rey stares moodily out of the cover of her latest album, Ultraviolence, similar to The Ramones’ classic Rocket…
Lift-Off
Two flight attendants bobbed down the aisle with gyroscopic grace as our plane taxied off the Pearson runway toward a…
The Layman’s Holiday
Happy Fourth of July, Readers! I hope you’re all enjoying hot dogs and lemonade in bright blue backyard pools, or…
Tom Hansen’s New Art Form: The Book Concert
Dr. Tom Hansen, retired academic and activist, will appear at Charlottesville’s Quest Bookshop on July 11th at 7PM to perform…
Riding in Mustangs
Rain spatters against my forehead so I yell at Chris to roll his window up. It’s so hot and humid…
Abandoning a Warlord for Dummies
One of the car bombs peeled the lawn, then the smog cleared up Anton stood palmin' a beer mug, molotov…