As I type this, a delectable, carbohydrate filled pretzel bagel from Servatti’s is busy baking in the convection oven of my favorite coffee shop. Within the next minute or so that bagel will be brought out to my table and… Read More ›
incarceration
Day 35: Philadelphia & the Prisons of Yesteryear
When he visited The Eastern State Penitentiary in 1842, Charles Dickens wrote down about the prison’s style of solitary confinement in his American Notes, saying: “I believe that very few men are capable of estimating the immense amount of torture… Read More ›
The War on Drugs Won’t Go Quietly, So Let’s Get Loud
Anyone who knows me well will likely be familiar with the fact that objectivity is not exactly my strong suit. However, I like to think that I normally manage to approach issues that I am passionate about with something resembling… Read More ›