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In the wake of the failure to indict the police who killed Eric Garner, I wanted to talk about the role of violence and the legitimacy of the nation-state, but instead I need to talk about Chuck D and Ice Cube. By way of background, I was a young teenager in the late 1980s living in the town of Rutland, …
I had a sort of epiphany today. The chess match in Ferguson is, believe it or not, already over. It’s mate in two, and the next moves are mostly ceremonial. Take a knight, move a pawn – the game is up. Here’s what I mean: the tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri have marked the end of an era when it …
America seems to finally be paying attention to the private lives of the athletes of the National Football League. To me it has always been ironic that middle Americans act shocked when they demand extreme behavioral characteristics from athletes and politicians only to find out that the extremes extend beyond their professions. American football is the soul of our national …
I love this essay by Mick Farrell about how chaos ensues when non-heroic politicians wake up, look in the mirror, and decide that action movie heroes stare them back in the face. “On Being That Guy“
I do not spend much time in St. Louis any more, but when I do, I try to enjoy the amenities. I attended a Major League Baseball matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and our local Cardinals. I sat in the food court and looking at the signage for the Brazilian company’s brand, Budweiser, which still bears the symbols of American …