April May Be The Cruelest Month, But February Probably Isn’t Your Friend Either
When I started this website 15 years ago, it was a casual thing. I’d jot down whatever came to mind
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Does Marijuana Make You Stupid?
Full disclosure: I smoked marijuana, often on a daily basis, for 26 years, from 1967 to 1993. During the lean
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Life As A Published Author b/w Greenland Dreaming
It’s been over a week now since Spy Rock Memories was officially released. No one has come right out and
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Camus vs. Harry Potter
Like many aspiring members of New York’s chattering class (I’ve got the chattering down; it’s the class I still struggle
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Calling Out The Merchants Of Death
There comes a time when insanity and injustice becomes so rampant that it reeks to high heaven. To remain silent
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The Moral Case For Not Voting
Twice in my adult life I chose not to vote in a general election, and on a third occasion, I
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Waving, Not Drowning
When I first started considering moving to the East Coast of America, the weather was certainly something I considered. I
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Canada's Poet Laureate
I seem to recall a time – maybe I’m imagining it, but probably not – when people earnestly argued over
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Scene Of The Crime
Between the time when Operation Ivy broke up in 1989 and Rancid formed in 1991, Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman
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