ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) We get used to the strangest things to birth & death & the world breathing in & out drinking, eating,
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ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Imagine the US being taken over by a zealous fundamentalist who announces a War on Fat. He calls himself the Prophet and orders all food destroyed. His
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell is a: fierce critic of America’s drone attacks outside a war zone, [and] insists the targeted killings are
DDA Dear Jesus, first the economy and now this: Historically, gonorrhea was an easily treatable STD, responding to a number of antibiotics, including sulfonilamides, penicillin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin. However, the last
J.M. PORUP (get your free copy of this book here) I will never forget the first time I heard the
JOHN BENNETT (this piece is re-posted from Bennett’s email list of Shards) My fellow American looks in the mirror and
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles I’ve always thought blogger and writer Andrew Sullivan was kind of boring. I still think
DDA The following passage reminded me of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and how the rest of us look on
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles This is a personal story. It is not objective journalism. Some of you might find
ERIC CHAET In classical music there are the sweetest, most touching, little melodies & harmonies so profound they pull me


