Commentary
Recognizing Veterans Day
Editor’s note: November 11 was originally called Armistice Day in celebration of the end of World War One and the promotion of peace. It was changed to Veterans Day in the U.S. in 1954. By Damon Smith Today is always hard for me. I feel uneasy today knowing that it is all […]
If I may…but maybe I shouldn’t
by David C. Philips This past night there has been uproar in Kentucky politics. Some bigoty douchebag has been elected Governor and for some fucking reason people are shocked, surprised, and rightfully infuriated. I’ve recently lost an Ireland Rugby club hat that was given to me by a dear friend…meant […]
This is me…
(re-) Introducing David Philips Editor’s note: We found him, he found us(?), in a bar…The boss and I at The Monkey Wrench in Louisville…and we were still strangers in town then, come to crash some Fest…and the bar’s cable wasn’t working and Game of Thrones was coming on and this […]
Germans are xenophobic idiots
by Mark Linnhoefer Ah, Germany. The country I was born and raised in. Full of beautiful landscapes, enchanting forests, mesmerizing villages, and radical right-wing hatred. Yes, the tour guides often leave out that last bit, but it’s getting to be an increasingly bigger problem – we have PEGIDA, LEGIDA, HOGESA, […]
Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie
by William Mullen Nearing 5:00 a.m. Sleep is a rare commodity tonight, one I do not have the privilege of. The streets of Facebook are quiet, even the Trump supporters have gone to bed. It’s night-time in America, no school shootings for now at least. People’s dogs are sleeping. Cats […]
Grumblings from the Editor: Time To Take Hunter Seriously
by David Pratt What the fuck is this shit? It’s after midnight, it’s raining, my publisher and poetry editor are whooping it up in Denver with Hunter’s son, daughter-in-law and grandson, along with Doug Brinkley, DJ Watkins & NIck Storm…and I am stuck here on the bleak and blear October […]
Jesus Christ: A Big White Lie
by: Kidman J. Williams We all know him. Jesus Christ was our Lord and savior…right? Well, that has to remain hearsay. The technology just isn’t there yet to determine whether he was a deity of any kind or if Jesus was just another Bible-banger on a street corner yelling with a […]
An Open Letter to the Thompsons & Acostas
Clayton Luce 9/17/15 Louisville, KY Dearest Jennifer, Juan, Deborah Fuller & Will Thompson, and Stephanie & Annie Acosta (and RALPH OK), On behalf of the entire GonzoToday family from sea to oil-sludged, radioactive sea: There have been a lot of new and wildly significant and loved faces from Hunter’s life and […]
Lessons Lost from Jazz Age Fascism
by Donnie Casto II art by Joey Feldman One of the lessons of world history and politics is that it’s easy to underestimate demagogues. It’s also easy to overestimate them. At the present moment of the 2016 campaign, I’ve concluded that Trump is not a demagogue . . . yet. […]
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