Here at The Pacific, we (speaking figuratively, for I am but one writer) want to make a statement in defense of liberal democracy, courageous journalism and freedom of speech or, more poetically, the Liberal We. The Liberal We is currently under attack from various political and cultural entities: the Nationalistic Us, the Racist Us, the… Read More In Defense of Speaking the Liberal We
(Photo copyright: Public Domain–U.S.) By Rumple Oxbridge, a man of few and controversial words, a few of which rhyme “Controversial” is a dodge that journalists use to avoid the having to choose a better, truer word like “kooky.” To wit: “The law put forth by Sen. Crooky that requires everyone to vote for him is controversial.… Read More Rumple Oxbridge: “A Controversial Poem”
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W.B. Yeats, from “The Second Coming” By John Kaufman In his “Editor’s Note” of May… Read More Forget the “Center.” We Need Conviction & Truth
April is National Poetry Month, and for the next few weeks the art of poetry will be celebrated across the nation in ways that may help Americans to better appreciate it. But the one place Americans are not likely to come across a complete poem this April or any other month is in an American… Read More Mending the Wall: American Media and Poetry
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