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• The World in My Eye

  Sep 18

  Here are some “blind” online images that I wanted to share. I hope you enjoy. If you want more information about any of them or why I put them here,… more ›

• Mea culpa my ass

  Sep 15

  Our president is scheduled to address the nation tonight from the former city of New Orleans. Surely somewhere in his address he will repeat his the-buck-stops-here sentiment. But the more… more ›

• Tom Petty Is Right

  Sep 13

  That’s right, baby: You don’t have to live like a refugee! Particularly if living like a refugee means you and your extended family are holed up in a one-bedroom apartment… more ›

• Stare Decisis

  Sep 12

  Latin for “let it stand.” The legal principle of deferring to previous judicial precedents. The confirmation of Judge John Roberts seems so far to be primarily a debate between keeping… more ›

• Eulogy

  Sep 11

  New Orleans is one of my all-time favorite American cities. I’ve been fortunate enough to have visited it 3 times in my life: February 1987 to march in a Mardi… more ›

• Bad Haiku (Warui no haiku)

  Sep 9

  The landscape of nightIs mapped on your face; your frown–The street where I live. The sound of your voiceGrates on my callous heart likeSkinned knees on gravel. Half-drowned, on the… more ›

• Back to the Drawing Board

  Sep 7

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• Just Do It

  Sep 1

  Despite the fact that today marks the 66th anniversary of what is typically seen as the start of World War II when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, I’d like instead to… more ›

• Praise God & Pass the Ammunition!

  Aug 30

  After my sister called me two days in a row to tell me her theories about why a high school classmate killed himself–theories that she developed after several days of… more ›

• Him & Hurricane K (or No Poor Person Left Behind)

  Aug 29

  I became physically ill when Shmonk told me about the report/interview he heard on NPR this morning with a schoolteacher who “decided” to last out Hurricane Katrina in a New… more ›