Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category

Destroy Your Cell Phone

January 11th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink

If there is one word that will always be emotionally and psychologically tied to feelings of hate, in my mind, it is “banks.” Cell phone companies are a close second.

These people have one purpose and one purpose only: to…

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Esoteric Agenda

August 7th, 2009 - Tyler - permalink

I’m not crazy. In the past eight years I’ve learned a lot, my perspective has changed and I feel like I’m seeing the big picture with greater clarity. There’s a lot happening in the world right now, major changes…

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Begging for Change

June 1st, 2009 - Tyler - permalink

This story was written for UWeekly, after telling me it was in consideration for the cover, they pulled it entirely. Meh, I expected that from the beginning, until it was in consideration for the cover.

The woman downtown with…

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Columbus, OH: Substitute teacher dismissed for making a ninth grader drop her pants to prove she was on her period.

May 3rd, 2009 - Tyler - permalink

Have you heard of Twitter? Fuck, I never had a MySpace profile, I deleted Facebook, just when I think I’m out, Twitter comes along and delivers everything I’ve ever wanted: the “status” feature of Facebook and next to nothing else.…

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First Oscar Grant, now Robbie Tolan.

January 10th, 2009 - Tyler - permalink

On New Year’s Day Oscar Grant was shot in the back and killed while lying face down in an Oakland subway. He was being restrained by two police officers when a third stood, pulled out his sidearm and fired a…

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Seat Roland Burris, Impeach Rod Blagojavich“

January 3rd, 2009 - Tyler - permalink

The scandal that’s rocked national headlines and surprised few in Illinois is quickly turning into a maddening distraction. Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s now very public attempts to sell the US Senate seat being vacated by President-Elect Barack Obama probably wouldn’t be…

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Let’s go to war.

November 1st, 2008 - Tyler - permalink

I’ve been sitting here thinking about it for awhile. Starting a war with Somalia I mean.

Why? (click here to find out.)

I don’t even know what to think about shit like this. Morally speaking, it probably isn’t right to…

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