Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
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The RAT File: Kurt Vonnegut
The RAT office nested among the still Jewish and Ukrainian tenements of East 4th street. A rumpled man tentatively opened the door. At...
Frank Viviano
Aug 17, 20172 min read
A Deplorable Situation
Another bone to the deplorable dogs: he's now on record that it's "foolish" to tear down Confederate statues. Once someone goes after...
H.H. Howze
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A FALSE FLAG IN WARTIME
With all the recent controversy about immigration, legal and illegal, it is instructive to look back a century to another immigrant group...
H.H. Howze
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A 'Gunboat' in Texas
In an era when the minimum salary for Major League Baseball players is $535,000 and the highest paid player, Dodger pitcher Clayton...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
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Happy Days
We didn’t know what we were doing. We were making it up as we went along. It was glorious. In the early 70s, magazine start-ups were like...
Martin Snapp / California Magazine
May 8, 20179 min read
All the Presidents’ Historians: How Legacies of Leaders Change
Donald Trump’s critics say he’s the worst president ever; his fans say he’s one of the best. That’s par for the course: Barack Obama and...
Randy Alfred
May 5, 20177 min read
The Randy List / V.P. or V.I.P.?
Vice-Presidential Facts & Figures Some presidential data are included for comparison. Past performance is not a predictor of future...
Frank Browning
Dec 15, 20163 min read
Grotto Bulls of Ancient Art
When four lads stumbled across a hole in the ground in 1940 in southwest France, they had no idea how profoundly their discovery would...
Randy Alfred
Dec 2, 20168 min read
The Randy List / 24 Devilishly Difficult Questions About Presidential History
QUIZ: Siri-lessly now, can you answer these without consulting your smartphone or a search engine? 1) Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
Jeff Shero Nightbyrd
Aug 3, 20167 min read
America's First Mass Killer - A Dark Mood
Photo: Tamir Lakifa © 2016 Fifty years ago today, a sniper peered down from the top of the University of Texas tower at the ants below,...
Jeff Shero Nightbyrd
Jun 17, 20164 min read
Allen Ginsberg, Beatniks & the Buddha Inside
Few men are lucky enough to have mentors. Allen Ginsberg was both a mentor and friend, and one of the most influential, over 30 adults...
Bill Bentley
May 12, 20162 min read
The Shoe Box Tapes
Searching the avenues and alleys of Austin for a true son, most roads lead directly to Bob Brown's door. He was born in River City, and...
