It’s no secret that I have been a metal-head since well before my adult life, and of all the fads and phases that ran their course in my life as an American youth, Metal has been the constant – the most steadfast item in my varied toolbox of passions. Unlike my interest in fixing fabulous [&hell

By Michael Jewell I don’t wish for a happy New Year anymore. At this point in my life, I avoid sentimental wishes, especially as the bubble of college that like-it-or-not, insulated me quite comfortably from the calamity befalling the world around me, draws close to bursting. I now have to rise or

By Travis Walters At the dawn of each new year we are normally inundated with doomsday scenarios of the coming apocalypse. That did not occur this year, I think, largely because of just how bad we’re doing. War, the breakdown of our financial system, an energy crisis and many other things have

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