Eli Wiesel by Joey Feldman
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Month: September 2015
Palestinian Flag Raises at U.N.; Abbas Declares Palestine ‘a state under occupation’
by Aramie Louisville Vas – It’s hard to put faith in the symbols of the world. So often they amount to naught beyond idealism. However, if you can suspend cynicism for a moment and stomach another symbol perhaps representing a positive step towards change, then I can tell you that today the […]
Kelly Gissendaner: the Relevance of Change
by Aramie Louisville Vas – Kelly Gissendaner was executed by the state of Georgia shortly after midnight. In 1997, Kelly Gissendaner recruited her lover to kill her husband. Gregory Owen, the lover, put a knife to 30-year-old Doug Gissendaner’s throat, walked him to the car, and made him drive to the […]
Kim Davis’ Lawyer: ‘Stay Strong!’, says Pope in Supposed Secret Meeting
According to her lawyer, Pope Francis met controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis last week at a secret audience at the Vatican embassy in Washington, D.C., encouraging her religious zeal and discrimination. The Vatican sort of confirmed the visit Wednesday morning. “I do not deny that the meeting took place, but I have no […]
For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being A Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial to The Public ”I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a […]
Slimy Corporate Evil at VW
by Kyle K. Mann Does it get any more cynical than tricking baby boomers into paying to emit illegal amounts of toxic diesel fumes, courtesy of the auto brand that was a symbol of the good vibes of the hippie days? The thing that I loved, as I drove that […]
Reading Frank Stanford, Bob Mould & Dinner with my Children
by Patrick Werle art by Josh Chambers I think about the Southern things that ride my back-mind, the easy things, the rock-n-roll things and the boiling water things waiting for the macaroni from a box that I make for my children on a Monday evening when we have worked too […]
Questions and Horror in Yemen: Islamic State Detonates Suicide Bomb in Mosque
by Aramie Louisville Vas – An Islamic State suicide bomber, a man disguised as a woman, detonated Thursday during prayer at a Yemeni mosque for the Eid al-Adha holiday. The mosque was run by Yemen’s Houthi group. Islamic State calls Houthis “rejectionists.” Houthis are allies of Iran, and IS view the […]
Don’t Do Acid In Public
by Josh Chambers art by Clayton Luce Barreling down Route 2 from Concord, Massachusetts to Boston. Twenty miles. We were headed to the 1999 New England International Auto Show at the Bayside Expo Center. Cruising in my friend’s SUV, we were smoking remarkable amounts of kush, 311’s My Stoney Baby […]
Oblivious in Dubai: Part 1
by J.G. Oblivious art by Josh Chambers There I was. Nineteen, tanned, clean-shaven; business casual. Standing in the hallway of the top floor of a strange hotel, just after midnight in Dubai; pushing the elevator button relentlessly in an effort to speed up my not-so-swift retreat. Flight to Kandahar in […]