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A Writer's Quip: On Adding to the List of Rejection

I doubt that the editor I was emailing could write the way I do. But that wasn’t his job. His was to see if I could write the way they...

Newsom Mandates Masks (Again) in Bid for New Recall | HEAVEdaily

HEAVEdaily | Lampoon News — California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to have waited for his new-and-improved mandate to take effect to again...

The Far End of the Bench | Jason James Barry

1989. Timing then was everything. And I found then, time was running out. Waiting until the end of next spring to get a varsity letter —...

Allegory in Victimness | HEAVEdaily

In 1994, when I was wrapping up as an undergrad, I wrote what would turn out to be a handful of “commentary” columns for the college...

A Grievance to My 1983 Junior High

To the 1983 Science Department of East Lyme Junior High: This was the year my sixth-grade science teacher was being quite literal in his...

Kneeling in Football & Elegant Words

Is there an elegant way to use the word douchebag? I’ve tried: I think I read somewhere that Colin Kaepernick is transitioning to become...

The Time When #MeToo Goes #TooFar

I’ve wondered, in this gilded age of the outing of pervs, bullies, predators, and sexual assaulters, when will #MeToo go #TooFar, if it...