Baltimore’s May Murders
May was an exceptionally violent month here in Baltimore. The city witnessed dozens of shootings and 42 murders, the most murders in any one month since 1990.
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In Memoriam: David Letterman
It’s been years since I watched David Letterman. But I made sure to tune in last night. Here’s why.
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A Love Letter from Baltimore
Fragments of thought and experience amid the choppers circling overhead, parks filled with protestors, streets lined with soldiers.
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What David Brooks Gets Wrong About Poverty in Baltimore (and Everywhere Else, for that Matter)
Gee wiz, you think closing the world’s largest steel plant had anything to do with it? Or the dozens of other factories? Or losing thousands of dockworker jobs?
My Baltimore Riots
When politicians and concerned commentators such as David Simon decry the violence, it’s easy to agree with them, but such sentiments actually offer no insight.
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On Failed Punchlines and Silence: Adam Sandler’s Dumb Indian Jokes
So when someone’s telling racial jokes, the questions “Is it racist” and “Is it funny” are inherently connected.
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Execution by Firing Squad
Execution by firing squad is a more honest form of that violence than lethal injection. It strips away the hypocritical veil of “civilization.”
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Year of the Sheep
This is my year. The Chinese restaurant paper place mat told me so. And I’m gonna own it.
This Essay Is Not About American Sniper
Meaning and truth are fantasies of our own creation.
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