by Kyle K. Mann The fact is, I didn’t know who she was, and she was scary. Back in 1968 I was a bright-eyed lad of 17 with shoulder-length hair and a full, just-grown mustache, which made me look older. I’d gone from weenie punk to fully-fledged Bay Area hipster […]
By David Pratt If I have learned anything recently, it’s that people really like flags. I mean really like them, even more than some people hate same-sex marriage. A favorite sports team is the only thing that raises a comparable level of passion among people…and they have flags for them […]
By: Doc Jeffurious Higgason Throughout elementary school I was taught that the American Flag was the end all and be all of national deities. I remember the crackly and warbled sounding filmstrips they would show us about the majesty of George Washington and the miracle of Betsey Ross. All that […]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers […]
By Donnie Casto II Recently a news story made the headlines on my news feed. The picture shows a high boot torture device, designed to crush the foot or the leg (not the genitals) of its intended victim, with the catchy headline “Oklahoma’s New Law To Punish Sex Offenders Has Many […]
By Maven Cade Leary I quit smoking weed once, for about a week. I was in an ashram, and out of respect for their rules, I arrived stone cold sober without any backup. I was still young and under the impression that there was going to be some serious mystical […]
By Maven Cade Leary Mental health disorders are nothing to take lightly. I’ve stood on the abyss, I have seen the edge, and while I am still on this side of that ravine, I understand how easily one can lose one’s grip and slip. I’ve dated two borderline personality disorders, […]
By Mark Linnhoefer International Affairs Desk Correspondent The USA Freedom Act has passed and been signed by Obama. Not surprising, as he announced prior to its passing that he deems this piece of legislation as a milestone to “ensure the privacy and civil liberties of the American people”. I’m not […]
By Donnie Casto II “It has forever been thus: So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms – all of them – may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage.” […]
By: Kidman J. Williams People look at death in so many different ways. Certain people don’t look at it at all, but those are the ones who are truly afraid of it. Death is not misogynistic, it is not racist, it sees no gender; death knows nothing about class, […]
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