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Planet Earth Is Blue and There’s Nothing I Can Do
David Bowie has been gone now for ten years. As an artist he was always conscious of his mortality, even if we were not. I remember those illusions…
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The Scouring of the Shelves
Facing two years of forced asceticism, a prospective missionary contemplates an exorbitant offering as proof of his devotion. Or maybe as…
Dec 19, 2025
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Los Angeles
A father’s angry prophecy inspires a poem about the things we do despite those telling us not to. Who wants to turn it into a rock anthem?
Dec 10, 2025
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You Made Me Ashamed to Work for Your Company
Dec 17, 2021
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How the Shadow Army Mobilizes to Protect the Powerful
Jan 21, 2025
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A Former Mormon Missionary Watches “Heretic”
Nov 11, 2024
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Money Changers in the Temple of Democracy
Mar 4, 2025
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Words for a Room Full of Strangers
Oct 7, 2024
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Dragged into Canada, Kicking and Screaming
Mar 19, 2025
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Feeling Sick About Feeling Sick
With expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies about to expire, what options do affected Americans have for safeguarding their families’ health? No good…
Dec 5, 2025
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Gash
No metaphor can be as simplistic as this one seems. The tale of a monster and the holes it ripped in democracy and decency.
Nov 17, 2025
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A Journey of a Thousand Milestones
It was ten years ago today that my memoir, The Accidental Terrorist, first appeared in print. This reminiscence from 2001 celebrates an end to the…
Nov 10, 2025
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Colin and Ishmael in the Dark
A prisoner and his jailer play a game of cat-and-mouse in total darkness—but which is the hunter and which the hunted? Fiction for Halloween.
Oct 31, 2025
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The Details
The devil is in them—and in plenty of other pies too. A poem composed for Tuesday night’s “100 Days of Protest” reading.
May 1, 2025
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Stand Up
When you mine comedy for an elusive and dangerous truth, you take the risk of bombing. Hard. Science fiction for a Friday.
Mar 28, 2025
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Dragged into Canada, Kicking and Screaming
Thirty-eight years have passed since I’ve been allowed to set foot in America’s neighbor to the north. I'd love to go back again, but only with a proper…
Mar 19, 2025
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