by aaron | Jan 3, 2017 | Essays
(This essay is a continuation of theme reflecting on 2016; the first in this series can be read here) I spent the evening of November 8th in Spokane, WA, posted up at a bar watching as CNN posted election results. The outcome that night was as...
by aaron | Jan 1, 2017 | Essays
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2016 was (more or less) the Year of the Monkey. Sadly, it’s felt a lot less like good ol’ Curious George waving impishly above, and a lot more like this: Living here in America, most of the year was consumed with the...