“Corrections should rehabilitate the inmates,” writes C. René West in Caught in the Struggle, “but who has the time. The officers are so busy trying to sift through all the confusion in the parking lots, locker rooms and in the corridors with all the animosity and foolishness that there is no time or consideration to […]
Coming to America
I was 12 years old when I first watched the movie Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy, about a pampered African prince who travels to Queens, New York to look for a wife that he can respect, admire and fall in love with. He and Semmi, loyal servant and sidekick, rent a shoddy apartment in […]
Growing a Life Worth Living
by Max Mackay Each day that I wake up begins with a sigh. Rolling out of bed in the afternoon, I feed my cats and walk outside. I sit, watch the birds, and enjoy some cannabis. There is a beautiful pond in my peripheral. This is my healthcare as I have not seen a doctor […]
Army having difficulty recruiting
Facing low recruitment levels, the U.S. Army quietly lifted its ban on allowing people with a history of mental illness, self-mutilation and drug abuse to serve in the military – despite warnings from the industry about the risks involved. The new rules green-light recruits who have bipolar disorder, depression and issues with cutting – a […]
Lost Opportunity
Roy Moore, Republican nominee to fill the U.S. Senate seat from Alabama vacated by Jeff Sessions, has been accused of sexually harassing teenage girls, including a fourteen-year-old. Moore is the founder and president of the Foundation for Moral Law. With the Vietnam War underway, Moore served in several posts as a military police officer, including Fort […]
So what have we here?
by Bob Gerst So what have we here? There’s a scan (black with white squiggles) I made tonight of an insect of some kind that had fallen in our mail. There’s a slide from about 1970 something that, evidently, fell on the floor beneath the radiator that I discovered today when I was vacuuming the […]