Last November, Virginia elected a new conservative Republican administration. The new Attorney General is Jason Miyares. Last year, the AG at that time, Mark Herring, set up a new unit in the AG’s office called the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), because the administration finally realized that Virginia had far too many innocent people in prison. … Read more
Text by Megan McGory, Copyright 2022 . Essence . So, what am I up to these days? Sexually, of course. Who am I as a woman, a lover…someone who knows herself in a way that is shaped by my past. This question is deep and substantial, but let’s focus on the present. The satisfaction … Read more
Photography and Text by Katie Kerl, Copyright 2022 . The Long Haul . I am trying to remember the last thing I wrote here and I can not. Life is such a mind fuck. Yes, I said mind fuck. I had covid right after my father died in December and it is now March … Read more
Everlast! By A.H. Scott, Copyright 2022 “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” – Benjamin Franklin Putin’s weaponry, Putin’s conscripted troops, Putin’s strategy. He thought it would be a quick roll over the border into Ukraine and victory within two or three days. Failure of his plan was that he never figured the … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . Hypnosis-Good or Evil? . In spite of the fact that hypnosis, originally called Mesmerism, was discovered by Anton Mesmer around 200 years ago, we still don’t know much about it or what it actually does. My father was interested in hypnosis, and had books about it that I … Read more