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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

A MARINE COMES HOME

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JAZZMAN CHRONICLES: DISSEMINATE FREELY. THE UNTOLD STORY OF WAR By Jack Random On Sunday, January 9, 2005, nineteen-year-old A...
Friday, January 07, 2005

ARNOLD'S REFORM: STANDARD RIGHTWING FODDER

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BY JACK RANDOM Arnold Schwarzenegger’s political career began in earnest with his sponsorship of a ballot initiative funding after-scho...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

ARUNDHATI ROY, SPEAK TO US

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MAKING DISASTER PERSONAL By Jack Random As the magnitude of the tsunami catastrophe comes into view, there is a danger that we will soo...
Tuesday, December 28, 2004

CRY AMERICA

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JAZZMAN CHRONICLES: DISSEMINATE FREELY. THE STATE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY By Jack Random Perhaps the most dubious decision in America...
Thursday, December 23, 2004

THE HEAD OF DE SOTO

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FROM THE NOVEL: CRIES FOR A VISION BY JACK RANDOM. Tohocua burned with a fire that would never cease. He hated the invaders from acros...
Monday, December 20, 2004

HONOR & IRONY

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By Jack Random In a world gone mad, where fools are crowned king, we honor the dishonored and shower integrity with scorn. We are living i...
Wednesday, December 15, 2004

ALL MY RELATIONS

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FROM THE NOVEL: CRIES FOR A VISION. By Jack Random To the Cherokee west is where souls go to die. To the Lakota it is home to the terrible...
Saturday, December 11, 2004

EYES & EARS

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by Jack Random Our eyes and ears are everywhere and everywhere the same the fly on the wall the creep down the hall the web is public domain...
Monday, December 06, 2004

YOU WILL KNOW

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From Beatlicks Joe Speer and Pamela Hirst. YOU WILL KNOW when the pepper spray hits your eyes when you are sittng peacefully for peace when ...
Saturday, December 04, 2004

THE LONG JOURNEY

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JAZZMAN CHRONICLES: DISSEMINATE FREELY. THE LONG JOURNEY THREE ROADS TO THE WHITE HOUSE By Jack Random In the late sixties to mid seventie...
Sunday, November 28, 2004

THE DISSIDENT

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TAPPING THE LOWER DEPTHS By Jack Random It was not the rage or the sorrow that ripped his life apart. It was humiliation. John Christianso...
Saturday, November 20, 2004

GUERNICA

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THE ARTIST IN A TIME OF WAR By Jack Random "Fiction and nonfiction are only different techniques of storytelling. For reasons I do not...
Monday, November 15, 2004

A FEVERISH VISION

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The Rings of Power By Jack Random The voice of an ancient sorrow came to me in a feverish dream. His face was marked with worry, his eyes b...
Sunday, November 14, 2004

THE WEDGE

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A REASONED ALTERNATIVE By Jack Random The extreme right wing of the Republican Party has been able to capture power, implementing policies o...
Wednesday, November 10, 2004

THE FIX

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DEMOCRACY BETRAYED By Jack Random In the wake of the 2004 presidential election, the bold defenders of the Electoral College cannot suddenly...
Monday, November 08, 2004

THE BUSH BLUES

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AND HOW TO GET OVER IT By Michael D. Caine George Bush has squeaked out the most narrow of victories by using the same tactics that the...
Sunday, November 07, 2004

QUEST FOR HOPE, SEARCH FOR BLAME

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By Jack Random As the grim reality of the 2004 election settles in, we are torn between seeking blame and finding new direction, all in a de...
Wednesday, November 03, 2004

CONFESSIONS OF A KERRY ADVOCATE

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A CALL TO ACTION By Jack Random The election is over. The ballots have been cast and the people have rendered a decision. Coming on the he...
Monday, November 01, 2004

NOT IN THE NAME OF JESUS

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By Jack Random If the Christian version of the word is truth, then Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and George W. Bush will have some explaining...