Nearly Dead in America
by Cesar Silva * * * I ask myself everyday, what can I do to be great? I seek the answers…I listen to the wind whisper in my ear…but I hear silence; like the silence I experienced after I was shot 6 times with an AK-47 […]
Commentary
Betwixt Baby Showers and Ketamine Lies My Life
I love my friends. I love who they are and I don’t want to offend them in this writing. Especially because this writing really has nothing to do with my friends. In fact, this writing has as much to do with my friends as Thoreau’s writing had to do […]
arsenoeroticism
I was intrigued recently when I stumbled upon a study conducted by the University of Texas at Arlington relating to gun owners across the US. It’s clear that the current studies on gun ownership, and the relationships they show regarding gun crime, depend on the political bent of the […]
The Sigh I Breathe at 29
It’s the journey, it’s not the destination. Good. Because I don’t even know where the fuck my destination is. I can tell you what it’s not, however. My destination is not having the kind of house where my bathroom towels match the shower curtains match the shower rug. Nope. My […]
Media Killed the War Against War
by Arianne Dragoo In his book, Propaganda, Edward L. Bernays wrote, “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of […]
THE PASSING OF THE GOAT: MUHAMMAD ALI
by Gary Stromberg My heart weighs heavy, as I’m trying to get my head around the passing of Muhammad Ali, the single most important and influential man I’ve known. Ali and I were born in the same year, 1942, so I’ve lived on this planet the same amount of […]
Trickster at the Crossroads: The Orlando Massacre
“Only the rudeness of human sacrifice has been lost with time; human sacrifice itself has remained unabated, and criminals hourly fall sacrifices to justice, and we ‘poor sinners’ slay our own selves as sacrifices for ‘the human essence,’ the ‘idea of mankind,’ ‘humanity,’ and whatever the idols or gods are […]
Goodbye Champ
art by Joey Feldman King of The Ring and King of Hearts, The Louisville Lip Muhammad Ali was more than just a boxing star. He was some kind of wonderful from Grand Avenue to global icon. Born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay, the grandchild of a […]
America: The Land of the Chic and the Home of the Depraved
As I sit around musing over today’s latest charades, I can’t help but feel a bit nauseous over this fine fucking mess we’ve made. Yes, we’ve really done it this time folks. In the left corner, she is undisputedly the most reviled woman in the world, the wicked witch of […]
DANGEROUS NEW INTERNET SCAM: BLACKMAIL
By: Kidman J. Williams Some people would say the American past time is baseball. Nowadays, some folks would say that football has taken over that title. We, as men and women, know that neither of these are true. The real American past time is: masturbation. Unlike the past, people have […]
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