a cracking veneer

I'm sometimes reminded that the veneer of civilization is much thinner than it looks. Sometimes it's too thin to contain the brutality of our animal nature when left unchecked or when guided by the morally bankrupt. I recently watched two episodes of a documentary series on Netflix called The Keepers about the murder and cover-up … Continue reading a cracking veneer →

living under shawarma law

My call with the help desk was wrapping up. Noting a southern accent, I asked the young man what part of the country he lived in. "Mississippi." He asked where I lived. "In Michigan. Just outside Detroit in a suburb called Dearborn." I could almost hear him gasp. "I hear y'all live under Sharia law … Continue reading living under shawarma law →