Tag Archives: angst

Eggs

Posted on 22 March 2010 by chris

I could still taste the runny yolks in the back of my throat as I walked along the red-brick sidewalk, my vision blurred slightly by the few persistent tears I couldn’t quite manage to suppress. The only thing Jeanine does … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishin’

Posted on 1 September 2009 by chris

Gone Fishin’ Last Friday I went with some friends down to San Pedro, where we hopped on a boat and went out into the ocean for some evening fishing. It was my first time on the ocean, which was quite … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Editor

Posted on 19 April 2007 by chris

The Offending Article My response: In Thursday’s letter, R. Stan Marsh misrepresented socialism. He claimed that socialists are “essentially advocates of centralized control over people’s lives under the guise of democracy”. Our right-wing President throws the term democracy around when … Continue reading →

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The Way of Life Our Soldiers Fight to Protect

Posted on 16 April 2007 by chris

“According to the Economic Policy Institute, at the current federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour, it takes a full fifty-two-week year of work to earn what the average CEO earns before lunch on Monday.” from The Nation.

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Desperation

Posted on 19 March 1999 by chris

All that my life seems to be is a series of subtly unrelated events. Without rhyme or reason, and without direction or meaning, all I’ve seemed to do is accumulate seemingly meaningless experience as I blindly play with the strands … Continue reading →

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Manifesto of a Young Idealist

Posted on 23 August 1998 by chris

It has come to my attention that we as a society need to make some very important changes in the way we are living. We live in a material world that is built on the institutions of money, property, and … Continue reading →

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American Dreams

Posted on 21 August 1998 by chris

To the editor: This letter is written in response to Larry Knilands’ article on August 19th regarding democracy. There are a few points that I would like to make about democracy. Democracy seems to be the most practical system of … Continue reading →

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Detached

Posted on 2 July 1998 by chris

So the old saying goes: “life’s a bitch”. In my eighteen (well, ok, seventeen years and eight months) years of experience, I’ve come to know this old saying as truth. It is too easy to get into a habit of … Continue reading →

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Another Manifesto

Posted on 13 May 1998 by chris

I was introduced to a twelve-step program, a spiritual fellowship of men and women living without drugs, in July of 1997. The people involved explained to me that there were easier, more effective, and safer ways to live than the … Continue reading →

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