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x Claustrophobia sets in. She muscles out of the dirt. Can she really summon the determination to shed t...

According to historical lore, King John (circa 1215) was a little man, out of touch with the affairs of state and so recklessly ineffectual ...

(With respect to Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer”) Well they came across the ocean With a dream of finding gold And they marched across the...

"It is no exaggeration to say that democratic society is founded on a kind of faith: on the conviction that each citizen is capable of,...

A recent Jazzman Chronicle described the state of American politics, on the eve of the midterm elections, under the heading: Profiles in Co...

We have to get out. We have to get out before the tide turns again, before Karl Rove gets his groove, before a Tonkin incident triggers a n...

Up Against the Wall The trouble with the neocons is: You never know when they’re playing. They started by flashing their trump cards. They...

Cough. Flagellation. Requiem. We have seen the process heaving. He can’t suffer it again, another cold alabaster mannequin ...

[jihad] it was a inflammatory thing very the pope read quoting a palaeologus Michael II emperor of byzant about the holy war proclaimed by t...

In the event you missed it, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann delivered the most eloquent, heart wrenching and profoundly truthful tribute to the ...

From time to time in the next two years, we will consider the candidates to succeed George W. Bush. This installment considers those on bot...

A vengeful act born out of necessity, a scholar's translation born of prejudice and ending in legislation. The vengeful act originating ...

I've heard that Condi Rice's per diem includes a small plastic baggie of salted fruit and a dispenser of face lotion easily allowed ...

The Investigating Magistrate asked Mr. Eugene Groat to explain the circumstances of his outbreak. Groat talked loudly, making wide circular ...

Wasp in amber. Christ's palms in formaldehyde. The scribes are weeping in the ruins of their broken vocabulary. Comes a witch in Canaan...

Once Karl Rove had hit a stopping point in his mind he shoved the two women into the wet grass and began taking photographs of them. As the...

Any member of the press core will tell you that if you shove the head of a baby into an airsickness bag and pop the bag immediately you will...

By C. L. Cook, Senior Editor, PEJ News, Victoria, Canada July 25, 2006 [Editor's note: PEJ is short for Peace-Earth-Justice and Chris C...

The Liberation Institute, an organization so shadowy it does not in fact exist, contacted commentator Jack Random, requesting an interview t...

[Editor's Note: If he isn't tamed by the system or swallowed by the beast, Chris Mansel is on his way to becoming the next Hunter ...