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An Even More Modest Proposal
Posted on August 21, 2011 | 1 CommentJonathon Swift went too far in his “A Modest Proposal” (1729) when he proposed the eating of human children as a solution to Ireland’s economic woes and the plight of...
AMBULANCE: a short story. Part 3.
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsA slender woman knelt beside me. Usually a civilian comes up to me at a scene saying he’s a volunteer medic out of Blanco County and I say, “Thanks, move...
Is Rick Perry Channeling Phil Gramm – - or Clayton Williams?
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 3 CommentsYipee ki yay… Mo-fo. Rick Perry is in! He’s FED UP! and he’s come out swinging. He’s attacking Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Social Security and Medicare, anyone who is anti-business...
AMBULANCE: a short story. Part 2.
AMBULANCE: a short story. Part 1.
Posted on August 16, 2011 | No CommentsMy next shift, the first run we made was to a residence. The house wasn’t too small, but it was old, the way houses start to look when there isn’t anyone doing a damn thing to take care of them. The firefighters had arrived first– they always do –and had broken down the door.
Rooster Deathmatch: John Wayne vs. Jeff Bridges
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsJeff Bridges was morally unfit to serve in any John Wayne movie precisely because he was as wild and anti-authoritarian as the Ringo Kid, except that he stayed that way.
Spotify Killed the Record Store
Posted on August 6, 2011 | No CommentsI hate to say it, but I think the arrival of Spotify in the U.S. signals the death knell for indie record stores. For less than 10 bucks a month,...
God(dess) Bless Rachel Maddow
Posted on August 5, 2011 | 1 CommentI watched part of “The Rachel Maddow Show” Wednesday night as I was running on the treadmill. (Okay, okay, the treadmill is lame, I know. But at 108 degrees outside...
A Diamond Is Forever: One Woman Questions the Most Successful Ad Slogan of All Time
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From Gender Violence to Gender Democracy: What Will It Take?
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