High school, for me, was kind of a blur. Specifically, my junior and senior years were full of finding the next best party to attend with everyone. We usually ended up at the same,…

I have wanted to start writing this blog entry for some time now, but I kept stalling. I didn’t know where to start, really. It’s enough to turn on the news each day and…

I’m on the ‘L’ Watching a guy try to balance His Tupperware from a hearty lunch He must have had Feeling a little too much like that fine balance As I listen to Jack’s…

Until recently, my understanding and curiosity of religious freedom/liberty (they’re used interchangeably, yes?) was nothing more than a few eyebrow raises and lines of “Hmm, strange.” But then I found myself on a phone…

What if we are witnesses to the cracks? The cracks that have long been formed and forming in the American god. Though slow and too steady, the cracks have grown wide in length and…

If you have ever weaned off any kind of SSRI (Lexapro, Prozac, etc.), you’re familiar with the body “shocks” that occur. They are unpredictable and incredibly uncomfortable; like an out-of-body experience that lasts .3…

“Faced with an outrage, anger is the price we pay for paying attention. It is the rage that ought to come out, because, when faced with an outrage, it is a sin not to…

I will never forget the moment. His name was Justin and he wore a lot of black clothing and Anti-Flag (the band) shirts and torn up skater shoes. We lived in the same neighborhood…

I read the following headline today: In full disclosure, I did not bother reading the article. I let my mind do what it does best: draw conclusions solely based on my own observations. A…