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Stephen J. Lyons I am a bad American. My sin: I don’t care one whit about Mars. There, I said it. Go ahead and dox me. Be mean and make me a meme. I will still not budge an inch from my stance. As Elton John famously sang: “Mars ain’t the kind of place t... More »
By Martin H. Levinson A majority of Republicans believe there was widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. They’re totally right but, like the rest of the country, they don’t know the half of it. Well, let me fill everyone in. In Pennsylvania, t... More »
“The CDC recommends that even fully vaccinated bank robbers keep their masks on indoors for now.” Tom Deisboeck is a published cartoonist and children’s book illustrator. He is largely self-taught yet propelled by great mentors like Charles Z... More »
by E. A. Bourland This is a story from the land of the sun, which turned for thousands of years to the bosom of its river, before Apep destroyed both river and land — destroyed all. The people of that land called their river the Great Mother, and the sun... More »
by Kevin Higgins after Ocean Vuong Because the poodle’s polka dot collar lying luminous at the bottom of the stairs was an exclamation mark discarded from a poem. Because all your relatives kept turning up — & the kettle exploded from our ov... More »
Dear Melinda: Because you haven’t responded to my phone calls, emails or drone flyovers and, because your recent injunction against me does not apply to snail mail, I thought I would simply send you a letter. First, I would like to offer my heartfelt condole... More »