LOUD VOICES

Politics

  • Broken

    The following essay has been updated to reflect additional insight from myself and others. America is broken. There’s video evidence everywhere. Facebook. Twitter. Especially Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. I’ve even seen evidence on Truth Social, that Trumpian fountain of irreconcilable conflict… Continue reading

  • Work Lessons

    When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. Henry J. Kaiser I’ve been working since I was fifteen years old. Evidence can be found in last week’s essay. I spoke about all the good work I’ve done. Satisfying accomplishments. Hard… Continue reading

  • Betrayed

    I wrote the following short fiction piece early in one of my Creative Writing classes at California State University, Long Beach. The call from Herman B. (not his real name) came at one-thirty in the morning on Thursday, less than… Continue reading

  • What the Hell Happened, Joe?

    I dug this up from a year ago. Given today’s announcement of President Joe Biden’s run for a second term, I thought this commentary would be appropriate. I’ll have more to say about his decision soon enough. The news doesn’t… Continue reading