If I Could Wave My Magic Wand…
Sean MurphyIt was twenty years ago today... No, seriously. Twenty years. Fall semester (because the world was still measured in summers and semesters), sophomore year. Out of all the indelible memories…
Fed on fear and lies…
Okay, let's see: Violent rhetoric? Check. Racist birther idiots? Check. Ignorant assholes who have no concept what government care means? Check.…
Don’t Call It A Comeback or, I Sold My Soul for Old Milwaukee
As the famous Canadian philosopher Neil Peart once opined, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose". The CD is dead; long live the LP! Check it out: Best Buy…
A Planet of Playthings
While writing about Flannery O'Connor the other day, I made the half-serious, half-sardonic observation that dedication like hers is probably impossible to imitate today because of all the noise, electronic…