In one of our last political discussions, my father was trying to persuade me that Putin was miscast as the aggressor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He had a penchant for contrarianism, especially when it comes to trusting the American perspective…
Tag: The Problem of Being a Person
Get Organized
One of the many challenging things about living with me, for the few who’ve made the attempt, is that I am something of a packrat. Hoarder is the term of art these days, although in its true sense, this term…
Pulling Hen’s Teeth
I called my dental insurance today and officially designated my chosen dental provider as my dental provider. It wasn’t a big thing, but it was a thing I needed to do and I did it today. The need arose because…
Eulogy for Donald Clayton (1948-2023)
My father’s wake was three days ago. I’m still in varying versions of shock and horrified grief, often in an alternating cycle. But many of you were unable to attend the wake, either in person or online, and have asked…
5/24/22
It is not lost on me that the day my family committed, on paper, to live in America until 2052, 19 children were gunned down in their elementary school. That is what 5/24/22, a date we wrote over and over,…
Coronavirus and the Limits of Utilitarianism
The public debate around American society’s response to the novel coronavirus is beginning to reach an incomprehensible crescendo. As the number of cases in the US spikes to record-highs and daily deaths begin to creep back up toward levels not…
Lunch Ticket Publishes “Ambiguity”
Lunch Ticket, the literary and art journal from the MFA community at Antioch University Los Angeles, just published Storey’s essay “Ambiguity” in their new Summer/Fall 2020 issue. This is an exploration of his life with gender, through a chronological series…
Notes on a Protest (Movement)
It’s been one of the most radical fortnights in American history. In the wake of the video-taped murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, a nation besieged by a global pandemic and the accompanying death and labor-market destruction has…
Going Viral
I took a walk two days ago, just around the neighborhood and down to the river. I’ve been trying to walk most days, keeping my distance, keeping our distance, six feet apart, the distance between people at their demise. I…
Drunk Monkeys Publishes “The Revolution Game”
Today, independent online journal Drunk Monkeys published Storey’s political essay “The Revolution Game.” This essay ponders the question of why American Millennials haven’t rebelled against their society and instead seem to be laboring within a system that continually fails them.…