Doug Anderson: Driving Down Route 9 Last Night
past the VA hospital, a cool and velvety night without foreboding, when I saw him form himself from the pavement, gold center line and black paving fleshing a skeleton and … Continue reading
Jenne’ Andrews: A Theory of Insomnia
. Perhaps I am not sleeping Because I am meant To become a poem. . Perhaps the stanzas of my hands, how they have become dry and pale, branching in … Continue reading
Video: Bernie Sanders responds to Donald Trump’s Scapegoating of Muslims
. Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for president, talks with Rachel Maddow about Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s extreme views on Muslims in America and why Trump’s supporters are attracted to … Continue reading
Video: Find out if your doctor takes drug company money
. As Dr. Michael Greger documents in this video, the vast majority of physicians in the United States take gifts from the pharmaceutical industry. Thanks to the Sunshine Act, you … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Curried Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
This lovely fall and winter soup combines butternut squash and apples and is one of the staples in our house. It is easy to prepare, has a limited number of … Continue reading
George Yancy and bell hooks: Buddhism, the Beats and Loving Blackness
George Yancy: Over the years you have used the expression “imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe the power structure underlying the social order. Why tie those terms together as … Continue reading
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: Litost
. And waters went on with their dance of chance and light as the boy drowned into the river. The Czech have a word for what he felt after he … Continue reading
Peter Van Buren: Our Prisons Are Us
A society’s prison system mirrors the society. What does America’s say about America? Some numbers: With only five percent of the world’s population, the U.S. has more than 20 percent … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Why I Can’t Stand to Watch the Game Anymore
Because I can’t bear the sight of these middle-aged men declaring the next day that the firing of six bullets into an unarmed black man was justified or that the … Continue reading
Video: Slim Forsythe and Friends
— Slim Forsythe’s country-western band has a strong following in Pittsburgh, and it’s starting to catch on nationally. People love his original mix of nostalgia, heartbreak, and humor. Sure, it’s … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Hourglass
Began to watch the hourglass when there were seven grains left in the neck, each one particular, crystalline, containing a world neglected up till now, what mansions and rivers are … Continue reading
Joshua Dubois: What the President secretly did at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Below is an excerpt from The President’s Devotional by Joshua Dubois, the former head of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He’s recounting events that occurred Sunday, December … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: President Obama’s Speech on Terror
My wife and I watched the president’s speech the other night. Overall, it was a solid, even praiseworthy, performance. First, we had to get past the NBC pre-speech fear-mongering. Lester … Continue reading
Ann Fisher-Wirth: Mississippi Delta. Homecoming Parade
We’re hanging out in Greenwood for the weekend, and while reading in Turnrow Books I hear the bbbrrrrmmmm . of drums. It’s the Amanda Elzy High School homecoming parade, … Continue reading
