I’m a union member and a union supporter, but this is not good at all. The Los Angeles Police Union has a $30 million investment in the group that just…
Frank O’Hara’s “Morning” I can read, as I just did, stuffing my face with a disgusting greasy croissant, and I am still totally immersed in the world of this poem…
George Orwell, who died at the age of 46, was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, and arguably, given the way the Bush administration adopted many…
The world of copyright law is not a place where one finds much in the way of bright-lines or simple dichotomies. Or even heroes. So it shouldn’t be surprising when…
How y’all are? I don’t know why I’m channeling Justin Wilson this morning, but bear with me and we’ll get through this. Verizon has some local cops in Ohio upset…
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with. Because I left home at thirteen and spent four years in group homes, my social network was significantly wider than…
Creepy twine sculptures and potato portraits. Happy memorial day weekend. Minimalist architectural pornography. House of Diffusion. If we here at the Morning Coffee were a single issue voter, that issue…
Sometimes, the Rumpus makes fun of the book blogs, especially when they write about whether William Shatner would beat James T. Kirk in a fight to the death. But this…
I’m sick of torture. And the fact that we’re one of the countries way up there on the J.D. Powers annual “torture reliability” list makes me unwell as well. As…
From one our personal favorite blogs: questions young people ask. Images from the 1973 Iranian children’s book, The Story of a Silkworm. Speaking of whimsy, check out this Finish environmental…
I believe this to be the saddest headstone I have ever seen (click the image to enlarge). It belongs to Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), a Vietnam War veteran, recipient…