There comes a time in every citizen’s existence that we each become susceptible to the creeping (but warm) fog of political nihilism. The transition starts from the sort of “lesser of two evils” thinking that so often characterizes elections to phrases like “Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic”; “The system…

While I was unsurprised by Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, like many, I was disheartened. Once again, privilege and political gamesmanship won, and the rest of us lost. The pillars of supremacy still stand tall. Many rejected Dr. Balsey Ford’s testimony out of hand, with senator and layman alike confusing the standard…

I admit to being shocked and then crestfallen at the announcement of Justice Kennedy’s retirement. Despite passionately disagreeing with his vote in Citizens United, I was ecstatic at his opinion in Obergefell, finally opening the door to marriage equality. His “swing vote” as we have come to see it, was…

Sarah Sanders’s recent expulsion from the Red Hen in Lexington, VA has prompted a rather extremist debate about the nature of civility. One side clamors that this signals the end of decency amongst civilized but politically opposed people; the other says civility be damned, we’re living in less-than-civil times. But…

Watching the angry mob of mostly white men descend on Charlottesville with tiki torches to protest what they believe is an affront to their identity has been, well, perplexing. Not because I lack awareness about Neo-Nazis still lurking in the midst of our society a la spy-sleeper-cell-organization kind of thing…

After his recent passing, I spent two weeks re-listening to the audiobook version of Robert Pirsig’s perennial classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If you haven’t read/listened to it, drop whatever you’re doing, borrow it from your local library, Amazon, or wherever and put it on your shelf…

I’ve been skinny my entire life. Have never struggled with weight gain. At every milestone where people get fatter, e.g., the “freshman 15” of college or the potbelly one is supposed to derive merely due to the fact that nuptials have taken place, has not only missed me, but seems…

Just about everyone who has spent an evening with me has, at some point, accused me of being an old man. Back troubles aside, they’re quite correct. When 8:30 pm rolls around, I start to feel the haze creep into the back of my skull like the fog that lingers…

I’ve been having lower back trouble for a few months now. Well, to tell the truth, for about the last year or so. I would extend my back too far backward in bed while stretching in the morning (you know, that weird, tense writhing that most of us do when…