Two Americas
by: Art Rosch1 It’s US (Progresso Soup) versus THEM (Hostess Twinkies) in an all-out battle for the fate of the nation… I detest this sense…
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In Consideration of The OA
by: Art Rosch In celebration of Netflix’s latest binge-worthy science fiction sensation, The OA… In so-called “real life” there was a Harvard Professor of Psychiatry named…
Relapse
by: Art Rosch1 After seventeen years of a tobacco-free existence, nicotine’s unrelenting grasp returns… I started smoking again. Goddammit! I hate it when I do…
Silicon Valley’s Undeniable Allure
by: Art Rosch As season two of HBO’s computer-geek parody reaches its conclusion, we take a look at what makes Silicon Valley one of the best…
The General
by: Art Rosch1 An eccentric leader, and the men who would follow him into the darkest of nights… There were five thousand men assembled on…
On the Heels of a Dilemma
by: Art Rosch1 A magical evening awash with crippling paranoia and sexual delusions…. 1969. Muir Beach, California He had taken LSD three hours ago and…
Effective Immediately: Smartphone Ban
by: Art Rosch The fallout from the demise of the smartphone was worse than we could have ever imagined…. August, 2015 Smartphones are done. It’s…
A Lover’s Quarrel
by: Art Rosch Companions at odds amid the complications of the Information Age….. Internet and I were at a Starbucks and it was one of…
The Great Con
by: Art Rosch1 Frustration mounts, in a life spent besieged by lies, exaggerations and slick tricks….. How could I be so stupid? It’s a question I…
Where Death Lives
by: Art Rosch From high above the battlefield, a salient truth is revealed amongst the horrors of war…. I was dead. The last thing I…
The Sonic Vandals
by: Art Rosch A phenomenon so dangerous, few live to tell its story. The Battle of the Boomkars….. It’s one thirty in the morning. A…
Astronomy Versus Agoraphobia
by: Art Rosch The Battle of the Passions…. Once upon a time I was agoraphobic. For years, I had a terror of strange spaces. I…