Sheldon Richman

A Writing Exercise

by Sean Dempsey “At the beginning of a fine May day, a svelte equestrienne, mounted on a sumptuous sorrel mare, was riding, in the middle of flowers, the lanes of the Bois.” – Joseph Grand (Camus) =========== After the Trilogytes attacked, the earth stood still, weeping at the indescribable carnage. Bitter and anguished cries shook […]

On Mailing a Canadian Postcard

by Sean Dempsey | 08/06/24 I swear by God in heaven above: I had not intended during this vacation north to become some sort of rogue or dishonest man! Indeed, I had intended nothing of the sort. I had intended only to mail a simple postcard, dammit! And if ever there was a thing less […]

Useful Political Convo #2 (Education)

(I’m enjoying “strongman’ing” each position as a way to show what each side actually believes instead of painting a cartoonish caricature of the opposing viewpoint — as 99.999% of the corporate media does these days.) Here’s my attempt to show a viable political argument on the state of education in America: CONSERVATIVE: The problem with […]