COVID-19 Treatment Should Be Free

COVID-19 Treatment Should Be Free

I’ve seen every episode of Law and Order and most of the SVU ones. And while a TV show doesn’t make one a legal expert, I do remember that two things the characters always got excited over were “precedent” and “making new law.” I don’t exactly know how the U.S. legal...
Hoarding Toilet Paper is the Least of Our Worries

Hoarding Toilet Paper is the Least of Our Worries

I know COVID-19 is not one of those poop-yourself-inside-out kind of diseases, but despite the lack of getting the runs, I understand the run on toilet paper: You can’t wipe your ass with a can of lima beans, and no one wants to be quarantined with a bunch of people...
The Mediocre White Men Who Hate Greta Thunberg

The Mediocre White Men Who Hate Greta Thunberg

When Greta Thunberg was fifteen, she was supposed to be in school learning to become a good little consumer of planetary resources. Instead, she was protesting the lack of action on climate change outside the Swedish parliament. And hordes of mediocre white men from...
Eat These Motherfucking Chicken Enchiladas

Eat These Motherfucking Chicken Enchiladas

I am a pasty-ass Canadian white boy and all four of my grandparents were born in the British Isles. My ancestors could boil a mean potato, but didn’t know shit about spicing stuff up. I expect any Mexican chef who reads this recipe is gonna say, “¿Qué chingados,...
When You Lose a Loved One to Trump

When You Lose a Loved One to Trump

My friend Kathleen Smith is an opinionated woman. Recently she made a comment on a Facebook post about losing friends to Trump, writing, “It’s not a Liberal vs Conservative thing. It’s a basic human decency vs being a selfish asshole thing.” The post Kathleen...
Shout Your Vasectomy

Shout Your Vasectomy

This article is gonna be nuts! – Nick Patel   I remember my father once making reference to his vasectomy, saying he now “Shoots blanks.” I was a barely a teenager at the time, and thanks to a lock on my bedroom door and access to my friend’s older brother’s...