Small Love Affairs Gone: Music, Memory, Missing
I’ll admit: when I decided to give up my own music and let other people pick what I listened to…
We Shall Overcome? The Problem of Self Infatuation in Western Ideology and Conflict Resolution
Wildly popular in modern culture, the medium of film operates as a pseudo canvas upon which current and historical social…
The Bricklayer
Danny O’Toole suddenly found himself hovering somewhere between time and space; hearing conversations from people who were not there. He…
Reality is Indifferent as to Whether or Not We Believe: The Ethics of Found Footage
Chronicling the tragic death of self proclaimed ecologist Timothy Treadwell, Werner Herzog's documentary film Grizzly Man draws upon over one…
Western Flicks and the Academy Awards: The Values We Live and Die By
As long as there are movies, there will be Westerns. A love letter to a time in America when heroes…
Ode to Annelids
Here I am walking to class, bending over in my raincoat and big clunky Wellingtons, trying to balance my umbrella…
Muddy Brixton Morning and Other Poems
Deep down it hurts, Bewildering cycles and still The dreams pulsing with the rain and the people, Distant utopias mirrored…
Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program
When Barack Obama ascended to the presidency in 2008, there was a sense, at least among those who voted for…
Purim & My Bangladeshi Friend
Not so long ago I used to commute by train from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (where I lived) to Wilmington, Delaware (where…
Día de los Muertos
They all come for the celebration. Dead And undead alike. Their wild-eyed mask Adorning skeletons. Eating and drinking For the…