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Will O.J. Simpson Confess?

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: June 6, 2016

The Washington Post just reported that a friend of OJ Simpson believes he may be willing to confess to the 1994 murders after he is released from prison for unrelated crimes (possibly as early as 2017). Everyone who is old enough to remember 1994 has a story about OJ Simpson. Maybe they saw the infamous […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Justice System, Law Enforcement, Social Criticism | Leave a comment

The Therapeutic Power of Floating and the Death of Self

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: March 16, 2016

I carefully step in to the tank, one foot after the other, into the super thick and unusually slippery water. Once the lid is closed, I’m immersed in complete darkness. As I lay back, my body is forced upward, floating on the surface of the water. I’ve done this a few times now and my […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Floating, Healthcare, Meditation, Mythology, Psychology, Religion, Social Criticism, Therapy | Leave a comment

Without Meaning: A Short Essay on Young People in a Society of Pointless Rules

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: February 24, 2016

When a young person looks to an adult in a position of authority, they think, “They’re adults. So they must know something about their job.” Many young people think they know everything, but they still buy into the idea that adults have a system, that there’s a plan to the seeming absurdity of life. Now stop […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Social Criticism | 1 Response

2015: The Year of the American Identity Crisis

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: November 25, 2015

Race and sexual identity now make up a good portion of all media distractions. According to political activists, “symbols of oppression” now include Halloween costumes, the Confederate flag, and the color of Starbucks coffee cups. So shallow is our collective identity, that this now defines our most passionate debate. While the global economy deteriorates and our government pursues endless conflict […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Psychology, Social Criticism, Terrorism | 1 Response

Disintegration

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: October 1, 2015

“One of the few good things about modern times,” Kurt Vonnegut observed, “If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” Rarely a day goes by without another act of senseless violence occurring in the US. The motives seem to vary wildly: religious fanaticism, white supremacists trying […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Justice System, Law Enforcement, Psychology, Social Criticism, War | Leave a comment

The Image: The New Global Language

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: September 8, 2015

Two weeks after the event, we have all but forgotten about the murder of a news reporter and her cameraman during an interview on live television. The apparent shooter, Vester Flanagan, was a former coworker who had previously been fired from the station. ABC News said it was faxed a 23-page manifesto from someone claiming to be the shooter, […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Images, Mythology, Psychology, Religion, Social Criticism | Leave a comment

Like Prometheus, the Subversive Writer is Forever Bound and Chained

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: August 31, 2015

In many ways, a writer is a prophet, not of the future but of the present. A writer digest reality ahead of the crowd. He or she makes sense of a senseless world and bends the links of random events into a chain that hopefully can stand up to the fabrications of history. For the truly subversive […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Literary Criticism, Media, Mythology, Social Criticism, Whistleblowers | 1 Response

A Trip to the Barber Shop

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: August 18, 2015

My hair isn’t what I imagine it is, flowing locks of youthful rebellion, blinding the establishment with it’s vibrancy. Instead, it’s more of a matted mess. Finally, when I can no longer deny I look and feel like I live under a bridge, I head to the barbers to return me to civilization. I go when no […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Donald Trump, Election 2016, Social Criticism, Terrorism | Leave a comment

Consider the Cigarette

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: July 31, 2015

We used to have a very visible, and very personal form of violence called the cigarette, which has slowly become outlawed as such obvious displays of self-destructive behavior can no longer be tolerated. Social critics say the cigarette is a slow form of suicide. They never stop to think that maybe that’s the point. Indeed, […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Psychology, Social Criticism | Leave a comment

The Trickster Demagogue Comes to America

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: July 20, 2015

Yesterday, the New York Post published a front page story on presidential candidate Donald Trump’s most recent diatribe against Senator John McCain. The Post (and others) actually misquoted him, but he said: “He is not a war hero. He is a war hero. He’s is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Donald Trump, Election 2016, Media, Psychology, Social Criticism | 2 Responses
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