This is The Question, There are No Other Questions
Sean MurphyToward the end of The Verdict, Paul Newman's mentor first admonishes him, reminding him that he broke the first law of being a trial lawyer, which is: never asks a…
1925, 2025
“Civilization’s going to pieces...I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read ‘The Rise of the Colored Empires’ by this man Goddard? Well, it’s a fine book,…
Big Balls
See, in order to finally infiltrate the DEEP STATE, rectify decades of waste and mismanagement, and shut down entire departments that research and provide meds for disease, we needed to…
It’s All About Narrative, Always
In politics if you're explaining you're losing, but if you're being explained, you're lost. i. Emerging from a mysterious bout of food poisoning (and, I reckon, all bouts are mysterious…
Q&A: How Sean Murphy Sees Story
It was my extreme pleasure to chat with Sarah Trembath for Some Things Considered (Season 1, Episode 5), as she and I have been in conversation on a number of…
On Broken Heels (x 2)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Muscian Sonny Rollins arrives at the 34th Kennedy Center Honors held at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 4, 2011 in Washington, DC.…
On This Day, 1979
Chicago police disperse crowd in center field of Chicago's White Sox Park after hundreds of disco records were blown up between games of a double-header between the White Sox and…
Nick Cave & Empathy as the Antidote for Emptiness
Nick Cave continues to evolve into a sort of postmodern mensch, someone whose abilities and success have obliged him to dig deeper, and do more; not out of some sense…
Original Poem: St. James’s Place
I've only been to Atlantic City one time (friend's bachelor party, obvi) and, admittedly, not being a gambler or fan of rooms thick with cigarette smoke (circa 2002), and loathing…
The End of an Error
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Patrick Semansky/AP/Shutterstock (10686342a) President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, early, after stepping off Marine One as he returns…