Mike Schneider: In the Post-Truth World
the game of truth or consequences has no consequence. What does it matter if insurance agents quote Thoreau? The mass of men still lead lives of quiet desperation. Guns are … Continue reading
Kareem Tayyar: In the Library, Golden West College, Thursday, 2:15pm
You are sitting at the Tutoring Desk And waiting for your next appointment to arrive, When you notice one of your literature students, A good-natured, Enthusiastically intelligent young man who … Continue reading
Naomi Shihab Nye: Ted Kooser is My President
When I travel abroad, I will invoke Ted’s poems at checkpoints: yes, barns, yes, memory, gentility, the quiet little wind among stones. If they ask, You are American? I will … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: The Hottest Places In Hell
The crowds of protesters turning up “loud and present” outside courthouses Tuesday to protest Supreme Court choice Neil Gorsuch were not the only people fiercely opposing the flood of atrocities … Continue reading
