The Age of Authoritarianism: Government of the Politicians, by the Military, for the Corporations
President Obama’s declaration that “America is at a crossroads” in the fight against terror, a fight that is increasingly turning…
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…
Operation Vigilant Eagle: Is This Really How We Honor Our Nation’s Veterans?
Just in time for Memorial Day, we’re being treated to a generous serving of praise and grandstanding by politicians, corporations…
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,…
Round the Clock Surveillance: Is This the Price of Living in a ‘Free, Safe’ Society?
Immediately following the devastating 9/11 attacks, which destroyed the illusion of invulnerability which had defined American society since the end…
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.…