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Hoping for Obama in ’08

America is not as divided as the pundits would have us believe. Our perceived disagreement stems from a tendency to miss the forest for the trees. We get too bogged down in the minutiae of policy, and in the process we overlook the fact that regardless of ideology, we all yearn for a stronger and safer country that aspires to fulfill its fundamental ideals.

By February 14, 2008

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The Bush Administration changes course

President Bush’s poor planning and lack of intelligent responses to many issues have spawned anti-Bush blocs in America and around the world. From gay-marriage to Guantánamo, his neo-con positions have drawn criticism from personalities as varied as Tim Kaine and Tim McGraw. But recently, Bush seems to have realized that he does not have to do everything wrong. The administration has careened backwards for six years, but it has accomplished enough in the last year to prove that a turnaround, though it may have come too late in this case, is not impossible. Between election coverage and the press’ prejudice against the administration, most of these accomplishments have been overlooked.

By January 24, 2008

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The Elegance of Winter

It’s amazing how the winter can pick me apart, piece by piece. First the actual dream, then the hope, then the reason for hope, then the possibility for hope. It... Read more

By January 24, 2008

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UN needs effective adaptation policy

As representatives from over 180 countries, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media fly to Bali, Indonesia for the thirteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference, they prepare for two weeks of what has been perceived as “make-or-break” negotiations on the future of international climate change policy.

By December 6, 2007

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Violence is never sexy

Violence is never sexy. Missiles fire erotically erect through tight canals leaving shards of shrapnel.

By October 11, 2007

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Untitled

Monkeys are swingsies Monkeys are treesies Monkeys are mesies

By October 11, 2007

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Regrets

As it is, I stand now listless lifeless and still Watching the ebbs of the river outdo The dying ebbs of my river flowing inside.

By October 11, 2007

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bruises and pearls

Don’t worry, mother, he is no more. A string of pearls and a torn nibble of lace, Blood emerged to frame her face, The creature had cursed us before.

By October 11, 2007

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Lily

“...the accident had claimed his heart and mangled it like the wreck of her silver Mercedes on the side of the road.”

By September 27, 2007

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Audio Tape

Teddy slips some whisky into his bottle of Coca-Cola. It’s the Coca-Cola generation, as Godard once said, and he takes a swig. He’s in line at a bookstore. It’s another... Read more

By September 13, 2007

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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Part 2

Continued from our August 30 Issue

By September 6, 2007

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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Part 1

All the scuzzlecrafts were out and about. The view through our man’s windshield showed the completeness of the system as he went flying from level to level of the city, drooping, soaring, twisting and canoozling (if he had ever chosen to be daring). The skyscape was never as beautiful as it was at rush hour. The sleepy sun was almost beneath the ocean and darting wizzerskids alongside leviathan autowoofs rose above its electric amber glow casting shadows on the clouds above. The skyfull of shiny cylinders shooting below mulberry and barley colored clouds, going to and fro all in a hurry to get home before . . .

By August 30, 2007

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The Burial

One day her grandmother, too, will be as much as part of the landscape as the pine trees.

By April 26, 2007

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Fish

His feet never fit comfortably into his shoes. Once he had a pair of sneakers that made them look like the feet of a fat man squirming into a pair of dress spats several sizes too small, but mostly his feet looked like dead fish crammed into cases of canvas and leather.

By April 12, 2007

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This Unchosen Place

Downtown has already unloaded itself of suits and skirts for the night, and it’s mere bad luck that William has met Sam Every’s eye…

By March 29, 2007

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Giving Up Jesus for Lent

“I wanted him to come back,” she said, the sleeve of her striped pink blouse sagging to expose the protruding, wing-like bone of her shoulder blade. Sloshing the water around in her glass, she whispered, “I need to get this water out of my veins.”

By March 15, 2007

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poetry: poem 103

By March 1, 2007

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poetry: benediction

By March 1, 2007

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poetry: samsara

By March 1, 2007

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The Captain

One day, while I was cleaning my dorm room, I found a tiny pirate. I looked inside a gym bag I hadnÂ’t used in a while, and there he was.

By February 15, 2007