A diatribe found on the subway by the editor of The Commentarian Blog in the form of a spiral notebook entry printed in pencil, not HB, but much much darker, and I mean printed, not cursively written. It was dated the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination, "a day that should be commemorated by every lover … Continue reading The Momento Mori of a Pimp Fiction]
Month: November 2013
In Itself American: Alpha
We the people of the United States, in order . . . " yes, order. Order is the single rule of operation for any State, whether French, American, or Iranian; fascist, communist, Islamist; it does not matter. Third world dictatorships or totalitarian regimes are not the only kinds of governments concerned for regulating its citizens and … Continue reading In Itself American: Alpha
Help! Help! Help! {Flash Fiction}
A comment to an entry in a blog of a website dedicated to political commentary. Why we continue to hope against hope, judging black men by a different set of standards than we do others . . . one extreme to another. Obama has proven no less corrupt than any other white politician has been. … Continue reading Help! Help! Help! {Flash Fiction}
Obama and W.
And we imagine that the two are diametrically opposed, that they represent ideologically mutually exclusive political positions. They are flip-sides of the same coin; one political minting.
To Essay Civilization
The advance of literacy is collateral with the best advances in civilization. We have lost just how much writing is wound up in the advances of civilization . . . the pen, not the sword or the gun. Montaigne, anyone. His essays . . . Les Essais . . ., essayer in French means to try, to test … Continue reading To Essay Civilization
Irony?
We support beliefs we would otherwise not support if we had the mind to think, but we nevermind so much daily, we have forgotten how to think in anything but the most greatly disseminated received ideas. And this, in irony, is true of those who profess to be the most aware of our society’s ills. We are like a doctor who diagnoses a disease all the while he does everything to contract the disease.
The Falling Leaf Review 