- Occupy Is a Consciousness OCCUPY IS A CONSCIOUSNESS by James C. Henderson t the beginning of the Occupy movement, people often asked, what is Occupy? The answer was not forthcoming then, and it is still not clear to most. This is because Occupy is something new in politics, at least American politics. As a species that learns through analogous […]
- The Definition of Insanity THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY by Davis L. Gonzalez [intense_dropcap]A[/intense_dropcap]lbert Einstein is widely credited with this definition of insanity: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. If this is an acceptable term for insanity, then I have concluded that we live in a country of lunatics. I’m not just referring […]
- Occupation OCCUPATION by Athena M. Henderson The roar of trucks and motorcycles the dust and chaos of men in enemy uniforms. “Where are you going?” my mother asks. “To another town,” the Nazi Captain says. Where they kick in the doors of the church and order two young men into their truck. Offering of figs, quince, […]
- Solidarity SOLIDARITY by Scott Thompson The problems I face are simple: How to eat, By which I mean to feed my girls and I And where there’s a roof To keep off wind and rain And how to avoid the traps And legal snares They’ve set to catch my kind— Of course, that last Is getting […]
- Bribery BRIBERY by Zane Zodrow [intense_dropcap]I[/intense_dropcap]n case anyone has forgotten how our government operates, Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary offers this explanation: BRIBE: Money or favor given or promised to a person in a position of trust to influence his judgment or conduct. My friend Bob emailed the above definition to me recently. It was probably an […]
- The Cell THE CELL by Athena M. Henderson I sit on a mattress crusted with dirt— a political prisoner in a cell two by three meters. The door opens and a plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce and vanilla pudding scrapes onto the floor.