Johnny got his gun, yes he did. A rich white man wrapped in the flag told him get your gun and defend this land. He used hollow words like freedom, duty, honor, baseball and apple pie while dreaming of no-bid contracts and steak dinners and cocktails and hookers in Washington. Johnny got his gun. The […]

I dreamed about my father last night. It was so strange and so real. His father, my grandfather, who I never met as he was dead by the time I was born, had come to visit him. My dad was like a child. He was so excited. They had planned a trip. Dad was going […]

March 2007, Content The night sky, sterile and luminous, forgets us as we run through the deep snow towards an island of light. Machine guns fire. Tracers arc through the sky like falling stars. “Where are they? Where are they?” we scream, ripping through the door. A man stands on the dirt floor, barefoot and […]

“And all the guys who died all the five million or seven million or ten million who went out and died to make the world safe for democracy to make the world safe for words without meaning how did they feel about it just before they died? How did they feel as they watched their […]

Brockmeier, Kevin. The Brief History of the Dead Bunyan, John. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners The Pilgrim’s Progress Cavendish, Margaret. “The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World” Chretien de Troyes. Arthurian Romances Conrad, Joseph. “Heart of Darkness” and “The Secret Sharer” Nostromo The Secret Agent Under Western Eyes Defoe, Daniel. […]

A picture. George Bush, face scrunched up, hands gripped together, praying to his god. This picture made millions of Americans comfortable. “Ah. A praying man. A good Christian. He’ll keep us safe from the fags and heathens. He stands for our ‘values’.” “But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door and […]

Hello Jim, How are things going in Washington? Well, I hope. It’s storming here in the Second District. I took an advanced placement government class when I was in high school. I’ll admit it was many years ago and I’m certain I’ve forgotten most of what I learned, but I’m positive there was some mention […]

Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ: “One of the most underreported international stories is the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the ABC [abstinence, fidelity, condoms] approach are working.” Jacob Zuma, ex-Deputy President, South Africa: “I showered after having unprotected sex with an HIV positive woman to minimise the risk of contracting the disease.”

“I recommend it to the Charity of all good People to look back, and reflect duly upon the Terrors of the Time; and whoever does so will see, that it is not an ordinary Strength that cou’d support it, it was not like appearing in the Head of an Army, or charging a Body of […]

Rev. Rick Scarborough, a Christian preacher, organized a conference called “The War on Christians and the Values Voter in 2006” to rile up Christians and get them out to the polls in November. But Christians should beware of these so called “values.” Republicans have masterfully used devout Christians to further their politics of fear and […]