A gust of wind scattered some empty cups that had gathered on the table, their ranks in disarray as they were easily tossed about. I snatched at one as it neared the edge, but my…
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Last June, Adam Jernee died from acute lymphocytic leukemia, a remorselessly fast-moving cancer of the blood. He was eight-years old and had fought the cancer for more than two years of his short life. Adam…
“Never has a holocaust been carried out so impersonally.”
In his 2000 presidential campaign, Joel Kovel ran to the left of Ralph Nader. Just as Nader’s campaign was purely symbolic in the context of money-driven politics, Kovel could barely manage a whisper against the roaring backdrop of Green Party enthusiasm for Public Citizen #1.
The first story I ever wrote was about a racehorse. His name was Stubs. He was a short, scrubby horse with a broom tail and a coarse head. He was the laughing stock of the…
In his 2000 presidential campaign, Joel Kovel ran to the left of Ralph Nader. Just as Nader’s campaign was purely symbolic in the context of money-driven politics...
Prisoner rape has been rampant in the American gulag for more than a century. Overcrowding mainly due to the war on some drugs in recent decades has exacerbated the problem. But in recent years, with…