Culture Wars… Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Terror 17 Feb 201831 Mar 2023 1/17/2018 If a man with a handgun openly displayed on his hip walked out onto the main street of Dodge City when the town’s cops were Wyatt Earp and Bat…
Gender… Manhood and the Killing Thing 7 Jan 201712 Apr 2023 This essay was first published, in an earlier form, in my original "Genderwonky" blog. I then included it as a chapter in my memoirs book. In resurrecting "Genderwonky," I am…
essay… Just Like a War Zone 7 Jan 20177 Jan 2017 First published in my memoirs volume, Warbaby, Talking About My Generation. This was written in 1998 at a time that I was in the process of confronting the realities of…
Gender… War Baby 7 Jan 2017 This essay, which served as the introductory chapter of my memoirs collection, was written in the late 1990s. At the time there was a reinvigoration of the 1980s punk culture which,…
essay… The Lotus Is a Flower 7 Jan 20177 Jan 2017 The Lotus (Sanskrit and Tibetan padma) is one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols and one of the most poignant representations of Buddhist teaching. The roots of a lotus are…