A week into the farm
There is no sunshine streaming through my front window today. The living room will not by warmed in golden light, but still I have to draw the drapes. Outside the…
Chicago GOP Hopeful: Autism and Dementia are God’s Punishments for LGBT Rights
One of the Republicans lining up to challenge Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) for her seat representing the 9th District of Illinois told the Chicago Daily Herald that God is…
Settling In
9 A.M. on my second day at the new farm. It's sifting that fine icy snow that looks harmless but often just goes on and on like flour sifting into…
The Myth of the Deserving Rich
Many influential people have a hard time thinking straight about inequality. Partly, of course, this is because of Upton Sinclair's dictum: it's hard for a man to understand something when…
Inspection- 12 Years a Slave and Centuries of Racism
by Ken Carman Yesterday, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, my wife and I went to 12 Years a Slave. I'm going to try to not tell you too…