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The blind woman shaded her eyes against the sun. Many years ago, this sun had taken her sight, so now she turned her face to its warmth...

In 1976, my dad was feeling flush from a small inheritance, so he bought a conversion van and loaded my mother, brother, and me into it...

Bone Thomas, who was called Bone, assessed himself in the full-length mirror tacked to the back of his bedroom door. He slouched,...

I never knew my daddy, and when I asked Momma about him, she would always chuckle a little and mumble ruefully around the ever-present...

Summer vacation every year Driving to Florida “Don’t make me come back there!” Driving straight through, Traffic backed up for miles...

Because she was his Guardian, Sarah visited Forrest often, though there was really nothing more for her to do. Forrest Wheeler had lain...

"A candy-colored clown they call the sandman • Tiptoes to my room every night  •  Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper  •  Go to...

This is what I do when I'm too lazy to comment on the current American shit show and have no other ideas. “War itself is the enemy of the...

Blood stains. Coffee stains. Brains on the wall. Splatter patterns. Lines of trajectory. Grunge music. These are the things that haunt my...

This past week was bad for Trump's Turd Reich, but not bad enough. Sane Americans need to double down on every protest, boycott, derisive...

Sorry, No Water On recent drives through Georgia, I've found an annoying pattern of convenience store gas stations with out-of-order...

Mrs. McGillicuddy was the only one who saw Rosie wandering down Route 50 at two in the morning, but because Mrs. McGillicuddy had watched...

Bastard Pop-tarts When I bought this "Value Pack" of Pop-Tarts, I saw four Frosted Strawberry, four Frosted Cherry, and four Frosted...

100 days of plunder The first 100 days of Donald J Trump's second term have been an orgy of pettiness, racism, and revenge. As House...

I am the younger brother of three sisters. Automatically, this gives me ample reason to have any number of complexes. The simple fact...

On December 6, 2023, Trump was asked whether he would act as a dictator if elected in 2024. He assured the nation he would not—adding,...

I was sitting in the dark in Jimmy Earl’s trailer when I heard his rusted-out old pickup truck rattling and groaning into the bare patch...

A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald J Trump on four counts related to his actions following the November 2020 election....

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© 2002 Brian G. Parker December 17, 1971 [8:15 p.m. – 8:27 p.m.] Participants:  Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell.  ...