interview by Mike Madrid. We all essentially want the same things—being kind to one another, making the world a better place. If we find a way to get there, it doesn’t matter how we got there. I’m a pretty average kind of guy. I was born in Syracuse, New York. I’ve spent my whole life here. I’ve had pretty much an average sort of existence. I … [Read more...] about Is Nothing Sacred?: THE JEDI KNIGHT.
The Dream of Unspoiled Nature and Uncorrupted Human Virtue.
by Brian Griffith In Chinese mythology, the legend of a lost “golden age” looms very large. The dawn of history is idealized as an original paradise, like a memory of childhood bliss. When early Daoists spoke of the Golden Age, they said it was a time of wonder, natural beauty, and real equality. With fond and likely exaggerated memory, they called it … [Read more...] about The Dream of Unspoiled Nature and Uncorrupted Human Virtue.
SUNVILLE TIMES: The Story Ends (for now).
by Jody A. Harmon Chapter Five Christmas was approaching Sunville. The parents and the adults were going over their credit card bills, which were quite high, and pouring over their checking account statements. Everything was empty. They fretted and sobbed into their pillows. How would they buy Christmas this year for the children? How would they … [Read more...] about SUNVILLE TIMES: The Story Ends (for now).
Mumblings of a Scouser: I Predict a Riot.
by Matthew Capper ”If you’re not careful the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who doing the oppressing” (Malcolm X).Today is Wednesday the 10th August. I was going to submit something about fishing, but there’s a more pressing issue I had to write about: chess. No I jest. We are about to … [Read more...] about Mumblings of a Scouser: I Predict a Riot.
Sheets.
by Kelly Reynolds-Stewart Just as she had with most things over the last ten years, she had developed a systematic approach to the most mundane of tasks. After each bed was stripped nude of its sheets, they were packaged in a dirty wad in the pillowcase and catapulted with some zest down the stairs. If the house was silent and empty during this process, she … [Read more...] about Sheets.