“The Child Who Was Thrown Away” by Stewart Toland
She hadn’t meant to be a thief. But then none of us do, and all of us are, stealing time and taxes and other people’s laughter, if nothing worse. Thieves.…
Hyper-extremism tends to follow extremism
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat (left) and BJP National Chief Amit Shah release coffee table book on the life of the PM Narendra Modi, July 2017. Hindustan Times/Press Association. All rights…
20 powerful photos from the protests in support of Christine Blasey-Ford.
Since the crack of dawn on Thursday morning, crowds of protesters have been gathering outside the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court to support Christine Blasey-Ford and protest Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme…
Dollhouse
“Donnie doesn’t deserve Deborah’s doll collection. I mean, look at the oaf. His hands are like a pair of uncooked ham hocks, slopping about.” “Oh please, Sarabeth, y’all need to…
‘Captain America’ has some strong words for Kanye West after his ridiculous ‘abolish the 13th amendment’ tweet.
As part of the ramp up to the release of his new album, “Yhandi,” Kanye West has dialed the confusing behavior up another notch. The drop date has become a…
Brexit – the big swindle, a European view
"I roar". Lemuel Gulliver famously sprawled, with Lilliputians,1894. Wikicommons/ Charles E.Brock. Some rights reserved.If we want to grasp the impact of Brexit on citizens’ and workers’ rights, we must mentally detach ourselves…
As the Spirit Moves, Part III: When the Bridge Hounds Were Unleashed
Originally published in the Post on May 22, 1920. Of course, we did have our bits of the higher life once in a while in the old days. Whenever the…
The world may have moved on from ISIS, but Yezidi women haven’t
Yezidi women protest in front of European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on 08.09.2014. Picture by Wiktor Dabkowski/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved.The protection of women continues to be an ill-addressed challenge…
“Today, a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket” by Hilma Wolitzer
Originally published on March 12 1966. Even now, saying it aloud or, later, repeating that sentence to my husband, I will see that it is meant to amuse, to attract…
‘Blatantly xenophobic’ and ‘shameful’ anti-refugee laws are passed by new Hungarian government, says UN
04 July 2018, Berlin, Germany: Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, sitting in front of a European flag at a meeting with Bundestag President Schaeuble in the German Bundestag. Bernd…
Christian college rejects a Navy veteran six credits shy of graduation for being gay.
Click:Hinode 350GH-160UL FusesThe two major reasons why Millenials are rejecting Christianity more so than previous generations are the religion’s anti-science and anti-LGBT views. According to a study by the Public…
Parting
This story is a runner-up in our 2019 Great American Fiction Contest. See all of the winners. The instructor was bent like a question mark, a corona of gray hair…