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By Martin H. Levinson * * * By Gunnar ”Gun ’em Down” QAnonski In 2008, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individuals to own guns. But that’s not all it guarantees. It assures the right to bear any sorts of arm... More »
By Basta Are you depressed by the destruction of abortion rights at the Supreme Court? Do you incredulously watch state after state pass draconian laws, allowing any citizen to sue abortion providers, considering creating databases of all pregnant women, and r... More »
“For years Marin Verghese’s sensitive and haunting renderings of organic decay have left viewers spellbound. His latest and most ambitious series of works, entitled The Trial of the Impious Cow consists of a set of fifteen exquisitely detailed huge enamel ... More »
In his first town hall event with Twitter employees since agreeing to acquire the company, [Elon] Musk faced a series of questions about his stance on content moderation and reiterated his desire to allow all legal speech on Twitter, even when that includes so... More »
New York Magazine recently reported that a lady with a $10 million dollar home in the Hamptons, and who flies everywhere on private jets, prides herself in owning “fake” designer handbags. She’s just one of a group of extremely wealthy women who are stau... More »
By D.J. Rosenthal Are you and your unpublished manuscript having a lull in your relationship? If your manuscript is just not emotionally available, you might be wanting different things from each other. Do you need more of a sense of fulfillment from your page... More »
by Lisa Rosenberg Dear Miss Dickinson, Ms. Plath, and Mr. Eliot, My reveries of having tea with the three of you are repeatedly marred by an intrusive image of this transpiring at a supermarket Starbucks. In the suburbs. * Dear Reader, Not wanting to disappoin... More »
The Simpleton a novel by Alex Bakhtin (Pigeon Classics, 2022), 612 pages Reviewed by James Fable It is almost a truism by now that Postmodernism is obsessed with adaptations. Whether feminist retellings of Greek myth or barely digestible mashups of anglophone ... More »
By Lily Fitzpatrick Dear Olivia, After careful review of your application to Amazon University, we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you a place in the class of 2052. We recognize that this decision may come as a disappointment to you, so for yo... More »
by God (David Comfort, Secretary) Since the Almighty knew that a good man is hard to find and that many are called but few chosen, He created the following document, but His son declined to use it, fearing it might discourage well-intentioned Salvation volunte... More »
By Tim Koechlin “Not only do we have the DC jail which is the DC gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do, spying on our staff and spying on American citizens.” —... More »
By James Klein Grand Rapids, Michigan – Proud homeowner Mary Davidson used a tranquilizer dart to anesthetize her neighbor, Arnold O’Malley, before dragging him into her house. She shackled O’Malley to her newly installed island counter and held him ... More »