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Nation of Idiots

Make Mine a Venti

Nation of Idiots

When Sigmund Freud said that depression is anger turned inward, he meant that internalized shame becomes anger at oneself which, unresolved, can lead to depression. Most people, being idiots, like to take the good head-doctor’s words to mean that unexpressed anger at others leads to depression, therefore they must

Where's the outrage?

Where's the outrage?

Note: Right after I originally hit publish on this yesterday, I read news of our bombing attack on Iran. Always some new, bigger outrage with these chaos monkeys America saw fit to put in charge, somehow making my concerns for the trans community feel like a hill of beans in

A crosswalk sign with a stop sign above it.

Should I stay or should I go?

Early in the 20th Century, the families of my maternal and paternal grandparents were part of the tremendous wave of Jewish people to flee Russian poverty and pogroms. Most of my relatives made their way to the United States. My mother's father, however, decided to settle his family