Today marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's most famous literary work.
America
Thanksgiving in America
My home is where I rest my head at any given time, my home is any stop along I-70 or any town where a friend will share a drink with me. My home is the United States.
I’m leaving the country.
These are not the circumstances under which I thought I’d be announcing this. It wasn’t just that I had studied the polls and aggregators daily, or that I had read a hundred thinkpieces and waded into the discussions that were overtaking every online article and comment thread, no matter how unrelated to politics. I believed … Continue reading I’m leaving the country.
Road Trip 3: Photos
From Brooklyn to Long Beach
10 Cities / 10 Years: Consummatum est
We are the culmination of our experiences. Our experiences are the result of our choices. Our choices are the product of our temperament. Our temperament is a gift of birth.
What I Want To Say, But Can’t: A Post-Charleston Shooting Reflection
I want to say something. I want to say something, but I’m not really sure what. I’m not sure I have the words for what needs to be said.
Torture and Justifications: The Lie of the ‘Bad World’
The world is not a bad place. It is not a perfect place, either, but Utopia is a fool's dream and justifying evil in its absence is, itself, an act of evil.
Change In America
There's no returning to the status quo, because it never existed.
