In the wake of a fast food workers’ strike demanding a $15-an-hour wage, one of the best weapons in the fight against such an increase is successful people who feel they’ve made it on their own.
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Aug 24
Hair Cutting in America
“This secondary skull coating displeases me,” I tell my barber. “I’d like you to remove it.” “Have a seat,” he says. Earlier I’d looked in the rear-view mirror and saw a combination of Richard Brautigan and The Dude looking back at me. I thought, “I would not hire me. I look like I’m a writer-in-residence …
Aug 17
Socialized Medicine: Friendbloat No Longer Curable with Facebook Decimation
When Langston Hughes wrote “I loved my friend/He went away from me/There’s nothing more to say/The poem ends/Soft as it began/I loved my friend,” he had it easy.
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Limericks of Loss And Regret: International Cormorant Edition