Truth, Justice, and All-American Allergen-Free Apple Pie
Straight Talk in a Crooked World
761 B.C. Gath-hepher, Lower Galilee. A dry wind envelopes a tousle-haired man mumbling to himself as he digs his staff into the ground to vault a stray boulder. “Crazy,” he says. “No way. I did not just hear that. Over my dead body.” He races on through the night, fleeing as if he were invisible […]
Read More Jonah and the PumpkinsNoel Coward once said that it is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. This backward reaction is often true when men and women disclose sexual assault, especially in cases in which the circumstances of the assault do not meet the traditional definition of rape. Our society has been […]
Read More Rethinking RapeThere is a meeting room where I work in which its Miami Vice color scheme, fuzzy lighting, and muffled acoustics combine to create an overpowering snooze-inducing effect. When I sit down in this room, I soon find myself squinting and taking shallow, hamster-like breaths as a wave of sleepiness froths over me. It doesn’t matter […]
Read More Head DancingWhat do a gaucho, a skunk, an accordion, and a steel guitar have in common? Ralph Hiatt. It is my pleasure to introduce a new addition to TJAAAFAP’s blogroll, Ralph Hiatt’s Argentina: http://ralphhiatt.blogspot.com/.
Read More Ralph Hiatt’s ArgentinaCouch cushions, Springsteen, and caprine foot trimmings, oh my. Where, you might ask, can you experience all of this and more? An Aaron English house concert, of course. If you haven’t heard of Aaron English, to quote the Geico commercial, do you live under a rock? English is a prolific songwriter and performer from Seattle […]
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