Edward Curtin Sometimes it takes our bodies to return us to our souls.  And our little pains to remind us of the indescribable pain of the savage killing and...

Edward Curtin “Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief...

Edward Curtin Neurosis to a greater or lesser degree is the norm in western industrialized societies. Drawing on this fact is the key to effective propaganda. It is well...

Edward Curtin Etymology – from Greek, etymos, true, real, actual (the study of roots) Life is full of slips. Words slip out of our mouths to surprise us.  Thoughts...

Edward Curtin In lieu of writing reviews of their own books – with the exception of Walt Whitman, who did that with Leaves of Grass – writers often write introductions or...

Edward Curtin Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world, which operates on the basis of necessity.  The laws of necessity are as unexceptional as the...

Edward Curtin And all the news just repeats itself Like some forgotten dream we’ve both seen” John Prine, Hello in There Without the ability to forget, we become imprisoned...

Edward Curtin Like many people, when the New Year rolls around, I think of turning over a new leaf. The problem with doing that, especially in New England, is...

Edward Curtin When phrases such as “the deep state” and “conspiracy theory” become staples of both the corporate mainstream media and the alternative press, we know the realities behind...

Edward Curtin It amazes me that alternative journalists would spend even a minute writing about the ongoing Democratic Party debates. They are meaningless and they are not debates. How...