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The Anti-Trump Bar: The Way You Stand Out is By Standing UP

There’s an AWESOME new creative cocktail lounge in New York City called Coup. All of the profits are being donated to organizations being threatened or defunded by the current administration. Tips are donated, too. Guest bartenders are flying in from all over the world, no charge, to donate their services. And guess what? There are lines out the door every night. Political statement or not, there’s something to be said about taking a stand. If your business is suffering, it

May 27, 2017

Where the Divide Begins: A Vastly Different Belief System

For many people, the election was a shock—but for me, it was a betrayal. There were things I thought I knew. I thought I knew, for example, that the smartest kid in my high school class—the one with the lightning-fast wit and the ability to crush a calculus equation, who even held the title of “boyfriend” our junior year—would surely be voting the way I was. He was not. I thought I knew, for example, that the respectable, church-going

Jan 12, 2017

Overalls and Ball Games, Twelve Packs & Venison: Overcoming an Economic Depression with Dignity

I grew up in the greatest place on earth for exploring. There were stone quarries. Wide open fields. Farm boy boyfriends. And, more than anything, nice fucking people. (Novel, right?) People who held doors, people who smiled back, people who waved at each other as they passed in their cars, and people who formed a community that, whether they realized it or not, were really like one big old family. Kind of like the mafia, but with less guns. (Unless

Apr 20, 2015

Category: Politics

The Anti-Trump Bar: The Way You Stand Out is By Standing UP

Where the Divide Begins: A Vastly Different Belief System

Overalls and Ball Games, Twelve Packs & Venison: Overcoming an Economic Depression with Dignity