Flechas y Pedradas: Old Enough to Vote, Old Enough to Drink (Alcohol)
By Patrick Kozey Watching a live video feed of people filing out of the House Chamber, where Obama just finished delivering his first State of the Union address. It’s causing me to question whether I picked the right week to discuss the topic at hand. The earthquake in Haiti, health care…
Flechas y Pedradas: Thanks, Massachusetts!—Not…
By Patrick Kozey In Spain, listening to people prattle on about politics was an interesting diversion. O.K., maybe not just a diversion; more like a case study, an alternate universe where history had run a different course and now a different set of factors controlled the political reality. Not unintelligible, just…
Flechas y Pedradas: Tipping: It’s not a town in China
By Patrick Kozey Yesterday, I woke up on my floor. Apparently I’d walked home from downtown Palo Alto after a friend’s 21st birthday party and had only mistaken one other room for mine before I found it. I just didn’t find the bed. All night, I spent what brain function I…