Taking the First Step
What is the first thing that Leftists and concerned citizens should be doing, in the wake of Trump? The first step among today’s activists should …
Category: Essays
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 …
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 …
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