As I am wont to do, I picked up a number of old magazines at a flea market this weekend. In a batch of old issues of Playboy, I was interested to run into a few articles, observations and letters that helped illustrate the early days of what we now know to be the modern debate over gun laws. I […]
To borrow from Larry Kramer, PLAGUE! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A F****** PLAGUE. AND YOU BEHAVE LIKE THIS. I don’t say so facetiously, but when I dropped my first grader off at school today, I looked at her and realized that it is a very real possibility that she could get gunned down at […]
While trying to find their holiday hours online, I found a review of the Maine Mall as written by a concealed carry / Apple Store enthusiast. Inspired by this glorious finding, I poked around Google (and Zagat) Reviews to see how Portland looks to those who care enough to share their feelings [often anonymously] with […]
Alex, The Boston bombing is affecting me deeper way than I expected it would. I was very young during 9/11, and while a number of things have happened in the country that can make a person feel insecure, this incident has been especially touching. What do you do in order to feel better in situations […]
President Obama said, “We still believe that enduring security and lasting peace does not require perpetual war.” Unless you count drone warfare, of course. It reminded me of these lines from Desaparecidos’ song The Happiest Place on Earth: I got a letter from the Army so I think that I’ll enlist. I’m not brave or […]
The quotation is interesting, but without any indication of a credible source, Morgan Freeman did not say it. Some of the sentiment is well-worth sharing, considering and inserting into the national dialogue, but this Internet-aided tendency to attribute ideas to celebrities and other public figures against their wills as a means of disseminating ideas and […]
