Monthly Archives: October 2012

Brutality Is Not the Answer

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Someone said:  “I support capital punishment for any person who sexually molests a child.  One cure.  One bullet.” I said, no, that’s just fascism and, when asked for suggestions, wrote the following. /// Oh, this is a layered, subtle topic. … Continue reading →

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Make Fear & Hate Irrelevant

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Feeling panic beginning to set in? That harsh edge of peer pressure starting to make you jittery and sick in the stomach? Remember something: Corporate media makes shit up to replace facts, then drums those shit points into everyone’s head … Continue reading →

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IFF

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Enlightened, rational adults think the teabaggers are ignorant and backward thinking but they are actually just representatives of a different, enemy culture, the one our ideals fight against. The one America was founded to fight against. The one that dominates … Continue reading →

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A Set of Pointed Questions About TV’s Prudery

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Just passing through the room and thought I’d toss out something: I just heard this phrase on the most recent GHOST ADVENTURES: “She never believed in ghosts, hauntings, or any of that bullshit.” The final word was said casually and … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from a novel in progress

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Gene Stewart

They sat outside on a terrace at a café table covered by white linen drinking Valpolicella as a sunny day waned. A light breeze meandered southwest along the river valley, giving their shade, provided by a trio of linden trees, … Continue reading →

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Personal Code of Ethics – A Guest Essay by Niklaus Stewart

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Gene Stewart

My youngest son wrote this last night as part of a school assignment. Makes me proud and humbles me. /// Do no harm to others, be it physical, mental, or emotional in nature (i.e. do not physically hurt another human … Continue reading →

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Rusting Lock

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Gene Stewart

I am not, cannot be Shiny child remembered, Child smarter, faster, sharper. I am what is left. Not dregs, not residue; More uneroded stone, Exposed core, A scrimshaw ego. Child is gone but lingers. I am lingering but gone. ///  … Continue reading →

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