Hopi Hope
by The Ox “We must call a shovel a shovel, especially when it’s being used to bury us with.” — 2006 comment by a home …
Category: Essay
The Downer We’re On
by Richard Martin Oxman “A political system devoted to decline instinctively does much to speed up that process.” — Jean-Paul Sartre One does not have …
Where She Flies With Her Own Wings
by Richard Martin Oxman Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal difference, Where the Meanings, are – — from …
Undermining Weapons of Math Destruction
by Richard Martin Oxman and Crown Publishing colleagues We live in the age of algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives — where we …
You Go Congo, No
by Richard Martin Oxman “Habit is the great deadener.” — Samuel Beckett An intrepid investigative journalist recently produced six minutes and seventeen seconds of footage that …
The American Dream?
Xeno-byte processes predict binary answers. Facts or no facts. But our words whir as Gödel, Joyce, and Heisenberg describe things do. Triangulated regions known, but …
The Time for Ambitious Environmental Goals is Now: Why It Doesn’t Matter Whether Clinton or Trump Mention Climate Change
I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my factory. I biggered …
Intellectualism Stymies Debate and Objective Ideation
The modern intellectual – Long winded, resolute, smugly calm, and can be found citing throngs of misapplied references in an effort to establish credence and …
The Tragedy of Nothing
There’s nothing viscerally tragic about living a middle class life in first world countries. The tragedy is a slow unwinding of lost potential happiness where we are subjugated to …
Facts
Facts are a crutch for lazy thinkers. Fact. I don’t mean to give liars a pass here, but those that believe too heavily in a …
Neo-Slavery, Is It The Right Option For You?
HELLO fellow citizens!! I’m VERY excited to present a special offer for a limited time only we will have exclusive deals which could create a secure financial …
On Nationalism – Post Memorial Day Thoughts
Another holiday honoring the American patriot war hero. Our sacrament to the true believer. A holiday to honor murderers via barbecuing dead animals that we are …
Gilbert Arenas and Wealth Inequality
Former basketball star Gilbert Arenas was known throughout his NBA career as a prototypical locker room distraction. Such a distraction, he once brought a gun …
A Day in the Life of American Police
In a stunning candid disclosure an American police officer’s daily journal was discovered, and his routine will shock you! Shock. You. What follows are the lurid …
Billionaires Love Sweet Tarts
Let’s get blunt – When the rich support presidential candidates they do so out of self interest. They don’t want to change anything other than …
Stay Classy Wal-Mart
So Wal-Mart systematically whittles away and hollows out the middle class for decades, destroying main street businesses, underpaying employees, strong arming vendors, and reaping billions …
Government and Least Amount of Harm
Governments escalate all things and bring them to a head compulsively unable to let anything go, well that is unless you are well funded with …
The Phantasmagorical Wonderment of Technology Ushers an Age of Convenience
I park the car I get out I walk in I want to leave this place I don’t want to do their work I work …
Let Go of Your Identity
Because it cannot be said enough – You are not your fucking khakis. You are not your religion, the stuff you buy, nor are you …
Citizen, You Are Not Working Hard Enough
Citizen, you are not adequately serving your society. Citizen, you should feel shame for your selfish desire for free time and the pursuit of happiness. …
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