I Believe… [Doing Unto Others]
...that treating people the way you’d want to be treated is really not that difficult.
The Evolution of a Misanthrope
Solitude, while a wellspring of creativity and introspection, is also a place of vulnerability and isolation. The crowd, a source of collective strength and unity, can equally be a crucible of conformity and chaos.
I Believe… [It’s the Economy, Stupid]
...that the emphasis on class and labor and muting of identity and social justice is the pivot required for the Left to win elections moving forward.
A Truly Chicago Moment
There is something amazing about an audience of that size watching a movie together.
I Believe…[Sell By Date]
...that like beer and cheese, a person’s ‘sell by’ date is a fiction, an illusion designed to prioritize the new over the seasoned, youth over experience.
Donald Duck or Donald Trump?
The electorate, in turn, becomes the park visitors, willingly suspending disbelief to partake in the spectacle.
I Believe…[Unsafe]
..that anyone not in a dark alley or the home of a known serial killer who claims the feel unsafe probably are best off becoming agoraphobic and staying inside.
I Believe…[Desperation]
...that the need to be liked (including the hormonally charged desire for ‘followers’) makes you the eighth grade boy at the middle school dance in line to impress the one girl who just got a training bra.
For the Love of Cheese
As far as I am concerned, cheese is perhaps God’s greatest creation with respect to water and fermentation. I, frankly, love cheese. If stranded on a desert island, I’d choose an endless supply of Brie over the tools to make fire or access to pornography. It is both my joy and debilitating weakness.
What Do You See?
I Believe…[The Means is the Point]
...that anyone who espouses the idea that "the end justifies the means" has forgotten that this same philosophy was used to support everything from slavery to the Holocaust to the IMF practicing "shock doctrine" economic devastation. The "means" defines the character of the end, not the other way around.
The Tectonic Rift Threatening to Subsume Us All
Now, the partisan divide, for those of you fortunate enough to be living in a prepper bunker or perhaps ensconced in a Wi-Fi dead zone, refers to the ever-widening chasm between the two major political parties in the United States.
I Believe… [Institutional Trust]
...that the absence of trust in basic societal authority is a tear in the fabric of society which makes it more essential that those in authority reach for a place of unimpeachability and transparency. Trust is lost by those with the power to abuse the contract.
Indispensable as Air
I Believe… [Boiled Egg]
...that, in terms of portability, nutrition, and flavor a boiled egg is perhaps the perfect breakfast item.
A Push from the Thin [A Reminder]
Dylan encouraged us (through his fog and haze of liquor) to 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light" and we interpret the light as our corporeal mortality.
I Believe… [Achilles Heel]
...that recognizing one’s Achilles heel is more about finding a compilation of weaknesses that manifest together than one tendon.
America is Not the Amityville Horror or Poltergeist House [4th of July Revisit]
The house that is the United States, if it were an actual house, has plenty of flakey hemoglobin on the grounds.
I Believe… [Jedi Haircut]
...that the moment a character uses a lightsaber to give herself a haircut was the pivot from cultural icon to Obi-Wan Fonzi jumping a tauntaun on a speeder bike.
DIVORCE: A Survivor's Guide: Part Two
The question in your mind is how to avoid this state of things. What can you do to stay in the union? What compromises must be made, what personal changes are required, to rebuild the trust and commitment to the lifelong promise?
...that, if taken through the lens of truck stops and gas stations throughout the Midwest, Reese’s has taken over the world.