The door swings open as we pass the café. The A/C is turned up all the way, and we are embraced by a coolly seductive…
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Two electric guitars recite a harmoniously staggered theme, shadowing a couple up a flight of stairs. They pause on every third step, perhaps restating their…
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My brother and I sat on the front stoop, with impressively out-of-tune plastic guitars in our hands. With sibling harmony decades removed from the Louvins,…
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Peace Meal Supper Club™ #16: Unbound celebrates the efforts of women worldwide who are working for the benefit of animals. Scientists, psychologists, educators, demonstrators, organizers–these…
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A rooster crows to mark out his territory and establish dominion. If Dr. John Romulus Brinkley had been a rooster, his flock would have included…
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Peace Meal Supper Club™ #14 is offered as a woefully small but deeply respectful expression of gratitude to the unconquerable Worker. We speak often of…
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It’s a well-documented fact that is rarely discussed: Hubris and Irony can’t keep their hands off each other. In 1899, drought hit the lower Mississippi…
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Peace Meal Supper Club™ #12: Juneteenth is a celebration of common ground and progressive hopes. The menu highlights foods that are loved across all classes…
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I’ve written enough essays for Peace Meal Supper Club™ that I know when to turn the mic over to the experts. This month’s theme of…
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The humble seed is the very antithesis of capitalist production: It will produce goods without the application of labor. It is abundantly self-regenerating. It is…
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