If I could only figure out if we're in austerity or growth, boom years or lean times. . .
. . . regardless, the birds are chirping outside at 7 a.m.
What are they saying?
"Hey, Teach, quit yapping and grade some more papers, why don't you?"
In a world where even the poor and on the go are no longer reaching past the dollar menu for the supersized fries, it's hard to believe business is as booming as the latest jobs figures suggest.
Did I mention that a gallon of milk is $3.97 at Wal-Mart in South Carolina?
A gallon of gas, we'll talk about another day.
Alex Kudera’s award-winning novel, Fight for Your Long Day (Atticus Books), was drafted in a walk-in closet during a summer in Seoul, South Korea. Auggie’s Revenge (Beating Windward Press) is his second novel. His numerous short stories include “Frade Killed Ellen” (Dutch Kills Press), “Bombing from Above” (Heavy Feather Review), and “A Thanksgiving” (Eclectica Magazine).
Friday, March 8, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
feed the fire
The Huffington Post recognizes that Atticus Books is a publisher intent on lighting the lamp of literature.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
american hunger
Is it possible we live in a broken country where children go hungry, and there is no political will to fight this or merely a state in which the two major "sides" have no ability, interest, or need to do so?
Of course, the DJIA has continued to improve upon its record close of yesterday, and in national newspapers we're joking about the "snowquester," so it's possible everything will be fine.
Or, near fine, at the very least. I suppose we should note that James Joyce's children also lived in poverty. Quite often, I think.
Of course, the DJIA has continued to improve upon its record close of yesterday, and in national newspapers we're joking about the "snowquester," so it's possible everything will be fine.
Or, near fine, at the very least. I suppose we should note that James Joyce's children also lived in poverty. Quite often, I think.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
transnational food and beverage professional at your service
Some folks know how to live; or rather they learn how to escape and invent, and escape again and reinvent, and so on. Other folks know how to make a fantastic flyer for what looks to be a stimulating evening of Bolsheviks, "blacks," Memphis, Yale, jazz, booze, xenophobia, Moscow, Turkey, and more.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
bargain or betrayal?
I couldn't help but notice that President Obama's new "signaling" that he is prepared to discuss cuts to the social safety net, and such programs as social security and medicaid, is exactly what Bill Black has been terming the administration's marketed Grand Bargain which in essence is a Great Betrayal for the vast majority of Americans.
Black, and many others, suggest that both parties are responsible, perhaps equally, for the Sequester and its impending "austerity" that will indeed hurt the less fortunate much more than the "haves." It's all very reminscent of President Clinton's "successful" reform, termed Welfare-to-Work, but I wouldn't want President Bush's No Child Left Behind to feel neglected here. I suppose it's just crazy fun that all these nifty new programs appear effective when the economy is on the rise or on the mend.
Alas, unlike Clinton's boom years and even Bush's housing bubble "good times," this "recovery," is a recovery of corporate profits and not one that is producing jobs that real living "regular" Americans can or will do. As everyone has noted, though, we are producing drones, food stamps, and the novelty of concurrent rising student-debt default rates and relief programs. Hey, we may not have the cure for all the debt burdens plaguing the median American, but at least we can rest easy knowing that President Obama has chosen a budget specialist straight out of Made-in-the-USA Wal-Mart to help heal our national wounds.
But what else is new?
Health coverage, or so we can hope.
Black, and many others, suggest that both parties are responsible, perhaps equally, for the Sequester and its impending "austerity" that will indeed hurt the less fortunate much more than the "haves." It's all very reminscent of President Clinton's "successful" reform, termed Welfare-to-Work, but I wouldn't want President Bush's No Child Left Behind to feel neglected here. I suppose it's just crazy fun that all these nifty new programs appear effective when the economy is on the rise or on the mend.
Alas, unlike Clinton's boom years and even Bush's housing bubble "good times," this "recovery," is a recovery of corporate profits and not one that is producing jobs that real living "regular" Americans can or will do. As everyone has noted, though, we are producing drones, food stamps, and the novelty of concurrent rising student-debt default rates and relief programs. Hey, we may not have the cure for all the debt burdens plaguing the median American, but at least we can rest easy knowing that President Obama has chosen a budget specialist straight out of Made-in-the-USA Wal-Mart to help heal our national wounds.
But what else is new?
Health coverage, or so we can hope.
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