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Lazarus Force

By | 2019-03-18T15:38:41-07:00 March 21st, 2019|Categories: Issue 83: 21 March 2019|Tags: , , , , |

By Jemshed Khan   That day over lunch, I was going to write about the Yemenites starving while the Saudis build five new palaces on the Red Sea. A poem might make a difference. But the sun was shining, 75 degrees in October, and the outdoor pool is heated, so I went for a swim instead. [...]

The No-Knock State

By | 2018-04-01T09:13:12-07:00 November 30th, 2017|Categories: Issue 50: 30 Nov 2017|Tags: , , , |

By Jemshed Khan                        Upon hearing that Barrett Brown was jailed (again) SWAT teams rumble streets. Men in black smash down doors. No one bothered to knock 65,000 times last year: Hinges ripped from the jamb with a battering ram or breach grenade. My friend murmurs, [...]