Category Archives: Sample Essays

Some examples of essays written for APA zines. Yes, I’m that old.

Stand Up

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Gene Stewart

There is what we call evil.  Sociopaths, psychopaths, that ilk.  I like to say that we’ve diagnosed evil and made it merely vile. I often also sense a more general pall of evil, of negativity, which is the Imp of … Continue reading →

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Owning’s Onus: Intellectual Property Rights and Leftovers*

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gene Stewart

For ages, the notion of copyright and intellectual property simply didn’t exist. Shakespeare openly used plots from Italian and other plays to hang his poetic dialogue upon. George Freiderich Handel, the composer of “The Hallelujiah Chorus”, “Water Music” and “Music … Continue reading →

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A Whiff Of Morning Napalm

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Gene Stewart

All the cynical, manipulatory political theater cannot disguise the fact that the worst enemy faced by America is internal and called the GOP, in diabolical combination with corporate sociopaths in the 1% bracket of wealth. We all know it. We … Continue reading →

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A Statement About Art Being Accessible

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Art not directly accessible to the public creates a guarded, separated atmosphere, and places art psychologically apart from life and people. We do not want this. Art is life, and alive, and must intermingle. We need to experience it directly. … Continue reading →

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A View from the Tip of the Iceberg We Hit

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Gene Stewart

How fake the world has become due to corporate domination.  Sitting in a parking lot at a shopping plaza within sight of a housing development, I gestured around us and said, Show me one real building or vehicle.  It’s all … Continue reading →

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Got A Light?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Gene Stewart

I broke down and cried in the car after the radio hit me with the double-whammy of “The Pretender” by Jackson Browne and “Roadhouse Blues” by the Doors.  Unblinking vicious truth followed by a hefty dose of fatalistic nihilism, y’know? … Continue reading →

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Peanuts Rogue’s Gallery

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Gene Stewart

Charlie Brown is a depressed loser who chooses self-defeat as a shield against succeess. Linus in the pumpkin patch waiting in vain for the Great Pumpkin to appear is a vicious satire of religious faith. His philosophical guise is his … Continue reading →

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Serial Killer Factory

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Gene Stewart

We live in a serial killer factory called, with renewed irony, the United States of America. The FBI is considered Expert Central for all things serial killer, but even the FBI has no idea how many are active at any … Continue reading →

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Dark Force

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Gene Stewart

A dark force with a will to evil is loose in the world. So the church believes and so many others observe. The church further believes spirits in purgatory can be tethered to specific earthly places, such as rooms, and … Continue reading →

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Where Style Stands

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Gene Stewart

Hemingway had his famous terse style.  Concise, really.  Implicit. It was artificial, which is why, as his alcoholism progressed, he slipped more and more often. In other words, he’d write stuff, conventional stories, THEN apply his “style”, a conscious approach, first removing … Continue reading →

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