I have lived close to 29 years on this earth and, as of yet, I have not been able to find anything that inspires me with as much natural awe and unbridled enthusiasm today as the long walk to Riverfront… Read More ›
the American Dream
Day 1: Detroit – The Good, The Bad and The Dying
The (Very) Good: The Detroit Institute of Arts: The Bad: The GM Renaissance Center The Dying: West Detroit, mainly in and around the neighborhoods of Russell Woods and Petosky-Oswego
Finding America, Writing A Book About It
I am off to find My America. Not My as in Mine, but My as in Ours. From Bangor to Barstow, this is all our inheritance, bequeathed to us by those that helped make it and make us: I will… Read More ›
Poetic License With America
Hope is a thing tarred and feathered— Propped up and perfumed and paraded in front of us As a testament to the everlasting glory promised us In our star-spangled youth. Our American Dream lies bubbling on the cracking asphalt, Having… Read More ›
Down & Out In West Virginia
“But you can’t start. Only a baby can start. You and me – why, we’re all that’s been. The anger of a moment, the thousand pictures, that’s us. This land, this red land, is us; and the flood years and… Read More ›
When the Legend Becomes Fact: The Middle Class in America
Middle class—two words that are impregnated with more meaning and baggage than any other in the American lexicon. From our nation’s inception, that middle class was what set us apart from the stuffy Old World attitudes of Europe or (later… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 