Yesterday, I pledged the same oath that President Clinton once led some 15,000 Americorps members in reciting: I will get things done for America to make our people safer, smarter and healthier. I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities and environments. Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will […]
Author: Mark Egge
A list.
I’m sorry you’re reading this. But it’s just a list. A list. And for me, right now, this list is catharsis. So I’ll write and so you’ll read and so on and so forth. Friedrich Nietzsche and Lou Salomé. John Stuart Mill and Harriot Taylor. Jean-Paul Sartre and Simon de Beauvior. Hamlet and Ophelia. Francesca […]
and that all changes, starting now.
How to succeed at failling.
It’s alright / to tell me / what you think / about me / I won’t try / to argue / or hold it / against you. I have unequivocally and unilaterally failed this Spring. I’ve failed at everything I’ve attempted, everything I’ve tried to be, everyone I know, and everyone I’ve touched. I’ve failed […]
Taxi to the Dark Side review
The following was published in last Friday’s (2 May 2008) “This Week” section of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: “We have to work the dark side, if you will,” said Vice President Dick Cheney, and “spend time in the shadows of the intelligence world.” Winner of the 2008 Academy Award for “Best Documentary Feature,” Taxi to […]