A bug on the windshield
The young guys were half a block ahead of us. Nothing was happening except that they were walking. A police car pulled up behind them, slowed to their pace, aimed...
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Beyond our broken dreams
Every night gunshots lullaby me to sleep In ruins of abandoned buildings the broken glass is where we bottle up all our broken dreams. . . . Hold the dream...
Hope flows from hollow water
The community was out of control -- the children, oh my goodness, the children, were sniffing gasoline and pretty much abandoning any pretense of a future -- and the social...
Spectator wars
"Pakistani authorities have long denounced the strikes, out of concern that civilian deaths caused by drone strikes inflame the local population, bolster militant groups and violate Pakistan's sovereignty." -- CNN,...
The founding contradiction
How many years are we away from a national apology over slavery? Wait, scratch that word, "apology." Too late, not possible. The scope of the wrong was too great. Make...
Embedded racism
Tribune Content Agency, LLC Did the ghosts of our slave-holding and Jim Crow past high-five each other in the Florida courtroom on Saturday? George Zimmerman was acquitted, but does that...
Privacy, security and sanity
What I keep longing to hear, in the hemorrhaging national debate about Edward Snowden, whistleblowing and the NSA, is some acknowledgment of what the word "security" actually means, and what...
The lever of social action
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." I think Archimedes was serious. I know we need to...
Rape and winning
Maybe the problem is that rape is an extension of military culture. And it's metastasizing, even as legislation to address it stays trapped in congressional subcommittee. Scandals and outrage come...
Know-nothing security
Let's all work together to stop terrorism! The Palm Beach County, Fla. Sheriff's Office has a new video out urging local citizens to call them if something "doesn't look right,...