Cruel DeVos
Sean MurphyI. TRUE STORY. MY WIFE teaches grade school. In addition to the stories I can tell,...
On Health Care: George Carlin Called It
Nine years ago today we lost not only one of our better comics, but one...
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: Celebrating Sgt. Pepper
It was fifty years ago today… But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. To get...
Memorial Day: A Poem
Unanticipated clouds advance, shifting the weight of the world—or at least the measured objectives of...
The Moon is Glued to a Picture of Heaven: Ten Thoughts on Chris Cornell
i. In Bull Durham, the cranky and overachieving Crash Davis, at once in awe and...
Every Day is Mother’s Day
I’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental...
Murphy’s Laws: 47 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 47
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” That, from the ever-quotable Oscar Wilde....
B-Boys To Men: Check Your Head at 25
At first the Beastie Boys were brats, then they were bratty; with their third album...
Beauty is a Rare Thing: Celebrating International Jazz Day (Revisited)
All hope is not lost. At least enough people are still making –and listening to–...
Levon Helm: Five Years Gone
There are probably countless ways to talk about what makes a particular artist compelling, and...