Category Archives: sadness

Why I Cancelled My Newspaper Subscription

Posted on Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 by Will

I’ve maintained a subscription to the deadtree edition of my local newspapers since I was old enough to pay my own bills. I’ve continued to subscribe even though the newspaper has grown less and less interesting, because I have found … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Wrong Way Driver

Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 by Will

On July 26th, Diane Schuler left Sullivan County, New York, on her way home to Long Island. Around 1:30 p.m., she entered the northbound Taconic State Parkway from an exit ramp, and proceeded to travel south. A few minutes later … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Hate

Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 by Will

I really hate that the rhetoric of liberty is perverted in the service of illiberal causes. And I hate this not just because of the hypocrisy of it. I hate this because now that the language of liberty is indeliably … Continue reading →

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Bobby Dunbar

Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 by Will

I’m listening again to This American Life‘s story “The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar.” The story is remarkably affecting, sad, and hard to imagine. [This paragraph intentionally left blank in a moment of silence.] But didn’t the DNA test simply demonstrate … Continue reading →

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Lost Friends

Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 by Will

I lost touch with my room-mate from Hampden-Sydney. He dropped out after my first semester there, and I ended up with a single for the next year. We did not keep in touch. I’ve often wondered what happened to him, … Continue reading →

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