Volume XX – September 2022
From the street it doesn’t look like a much; a storefront frozen in time, random books gathering dust in the window. If you’re not paying attention you’ll miss it. Continue reading Volume XX – September 2022
Work
There is a weird notion, expounded in the dark corners of the web and the snazziest social media profiles, that work today is more demanding or soul crushing or harder than it was in previous eras. Continue reading Work
God Save Us From Queens (and Kings)
The death of Queen Elizabeth has made me think about her legacy. The idea of a monarchy in 2022 has always struck me as curious. Continue reading God Save Us From Queens (and Kings)
A Meta-Joke Argument
Sometimes I look at the field of Republican candidates serving or running for office and wonder if they are part of a nefarious joke on the American people. Continue reading A Meta-Joke Argument
Crowds
As she looked across the sea of people, all marching and chanting in unison, she felt a shudder of disquiet forming a knot in her stomach. Continue reading Crowds
Steve
Steve stood on the courthouse steps striking a pose of defiance. He looked deep into the gaggle of arrayed cameramen and let out a rebellious cry for freedom. This was his William Wallace moment. Continue reading Steve
Algo
“Pick me up.” He looked at the locked front door, then the room itself, wondering if he was hearing things. “Look at me.” He put down the book he was reading and tip-toed around the room, trying to locate the sound. When he got to the opposite end of the room he looked back at … Continue reading Algo
Volume XIX – July 2022
Just beyond the fortified walls and past a small cafe, the shopkeeper unlocked his door, pulled up the steel door protecting the glass, and took his customary seat on his favorite stool behind the counter. He was born into this business and now at the age of eighty, looking back on his life lived mostly … Continue reading Volume XIX – July 2022
Money
Does money measure everything? Is it the arbiter of success, genius, some innate quality that defines self-worth? Is money worship itself a uniquely American phenomenon? I’m curious because I’ve recently heard someone call Elon Musk the smartest person alive. An idea that never occurred to me because it’s the kind of assertion that would elicit … Continue reading Money
15 Minutes of Gun Fame
A group of heavily armed men move snake-like in military formation along a commercial strip of the city. A crowd forms on the other side of the street behind cover and watches the action unfold through their phones. Another group of heavily armed men enters view, coming up the street, moving directly into the cross-hairs … Continue reading 15 Minutes of Gun Fame
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