Category: fear itself

• In the Trees

  Sep 16

  Here’s a photo of me with my head literally in the trees. The clouds would’ve been too easy, too cliched. I don’t know how writers do it. No, not writing.… more ›

• To Term

  May 30

  Words were released today, words one should avoid online unless one preferred unnecessary governmental intrusions into one’s personal life. One should always avoid the unnecessary. But some basic words should… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday: The Bewitching Hour

  Oct 9

  When I still lived in Kansas all those years ago, I would wake up in the middle of the night terrified out of my skin because of the witch sitting… more ›

• Election Coverage: Full Disclosure of H8, or California Goddam

  Nov 8

  Despite the false headlines in The New York Times Wednesday morning, Obama has not moved America beyond race politics. Very little has changed as far as the electorate goes. Otherwise,… more ›

• Roll Call, or Lax Americana

  Jul 9

  Welcome to Amerika, where everything is so easy … So easy. So easy for a democracy to vote itself out of existence. So easy for self-righteousness to point toward terror.… more ›

• The Natural Order of Things

  Jul 4

  When Stalin was in power, the preferred method for getting rid of him was the biological solution: someday, no matter how far in the future, the bastard would have to… more ›

• Oct 16

  Greetings from a chilly, autumnal Warsaw, where I’ve been living since the end of September. I feel like I haven’t accomplished a single thing since purchasing my ticket to this… more ›