According to The Guardian, law enforcement officers in the United States had killed 566 people in 2016 by July , and killed 1146 in 2015 (KilledByPolice.net counted 604 killings this year and 1208 in 2015). California leads with 74 deaths by police, Texas has had 50, Florida 39, Arizona 22 and …
“From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.” – Tecumseh I am a very fortunate man. Although I have not historically been compelled to amass large sums of money and what might be considered material fortune, I am remarkably blessed to have cultivated some …
For those who were shocked and amazed by the workings of the food industry in the documentary Food, Inc., there is another little known film that came out in 2006 that serves as a sort of compendium project. King Corn documents a year in the life of two Bostonians who …
By the paper, the poetry open mike night was supposed to begin at eight, and I showed up at 8:40 as a measure of aloofness and due to the fact that I was editing what I’d been inspired to write until I noticed the sun had set. As it was, …
