Category Archives: World

On Becoming Less Social.

People who know me personally will look at that title and wonder how it could even be possible for me to be less social. I’ve become somewhat selectively reclusive over the last five years or so. I don’t really go … Continue reading

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Fear, Fire, Foes! Rampaging Death & Plague Strike Boston.

Please note that there may be links in this piece that apparently are added automatically by WordPress via “text-enhance.com.” I’m trying to figure out how to undo them. It’s not my intent to link you to certain tablet sites or … Continue reading

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The Off-the-Cuff Column #2

The editor is stalking my cubicle, pacing past every two minutes like a hungry panther, but the “I clearly know better than you” tone of my column on the evils of bumper bowling has stalled me in my writerly tracks … Continue reading

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Come Inside, Kids.

“….we always thought of ourselves as the catalyzers, the people who set that meme, as we like to call it, in motion. And right from the start we decided that we’re not going to play a part on the street, … Continue reading

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The Subtle Yet Noticeable Difference Between A Protester and An Asshole.

Like the rest of the world, I’ve been watching–as much as I can stomach–news reports about the subhuman behavior going on in London. The more I watch, the worse I feel about our future as a species. Because while I … Continue reading

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