oh lord, what a loud market place of ideas we live in. 
i figure if you try to fuel yourself with joy, you might break the sound barrier.
then it's all music.

you can be critical of individuals without being critical of the institution to which they belong.


what would have people said if barak obama was caught on tape
saying the things d.j. trump said on the access hollywood set?

keeping marijuana illegal is one of the biggest civil rights
violations of our time.
it puts power in the hands of people who in no way deserve it.

conversation is one of our species more advanced traits.
that could be why it's the first thing that is
shut down when someone wants to force a point of view
onto others.

tom petty and the heartbreakers
are fine representatives of the world i will always believe in.

leon rosenstein said "to live among the handmade is
to live among the human"

the ritual cannot be be put into ones and zeros

why not choose the analogous over the copy?



Some Reading Suggestions:

hate, inc. - matt taibbi

the seventh cross - anna seghers

the half has never been told:slavery and the making of american capitalism
edward baptist

fear and loathing on the campaign trail - hunter s. thompson

for the time being - the great annie dillard

john le carre