Memorex
I’m not the vet whisperer. I’m not here to tell you how to live, and I’m definitely not here to tell you how to weekend. Occasionally, well-meaning Americans ask me what’s an appropriate way to observe Memorial Day. We don’t have a lot of somber holidays on our calendar. In a culturally “Easter and Christmas” … [more]
Bones & Blood (a listicle)
Diary entry from near my birthday in January, 2017:As a toddler, I was startled to learn from my larger, older cousin that a kid (say, for example, a larger, older cousin) could deploy a toy truck made from six pounds of rock maple as an effective, two-armed cudgel. That was the first time I had my nose broken. It’s bled at the drop of a hat ever since, so please don’t touch my hat. The day Dad broke my jaw with a casual backhand, I was four years old. I didn’t smart off to him because I thought he was evil; I automatically stood up to him … [Read More...]
Card Carrying
For a lot of guys (and their slobberingly sycophantic women) who expound tiresomely on “traditional masculinity” and fetishize “trad wives,” nobody obsesses more about trans existence than American conservatives. It’s kinda like how border-control loudmouths keep getting caught hiring undocumented aliens, or Planned Parenthood protesters quietly get their blonde daughters' black babies aborted, only what they’re actually doing is pretending the GOP convention didn't crash Grindr with overload demand. Hell, even their talk radio shows have … [Read More...]
"Jack Lewis takes the overall literary crown with his new book...there’s a lot more to Lewis’s work than what it feels like to ride motorcycles.” — Ultimate Motorcycling
"Insightful and from the heart ... a driven and much recommended look into the mind and conflict of the next generation of war veterans. " — Midwest Book Review (Reviewer's Choice)