In Celebration of the Neocons
In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, "Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East", a 5500 word opus, and a pro-Iraq...
“Leave the Bottle Full for Others”- Desert Pete
"Thank you kindly, Desert Pete"
Billy Edd Wheeler was the O. Henry of folk music in the 60's. I don't recall him writing a single political lyric, not even sex. Just stories. Most had morals.
He did...
Where is Matt? After a Decade’s Slide into Darkness (Revised)
Matt Harding was born in 1976, a Gen-Xer (1965-1980). That Generation is just as apt to cling to the old ways and standards of their parents (Baby Boomers, 1942-1964) as they are to become utterly nouveau, knowing little, if anything about the shoulders they...