Brian Eckert

Writer. Wanderer. Dreamer. Skeptic. Man.

Tag: Tyranny

On Nature Walks, Anal Probes, and Shooting Sprees (Or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation)

Men are like Sphinxes: they speak in riddles and kill those who do not answer: “Man”.

The Fog of Beijing Life

Artist Ai Weiwei, freed after 80 days of internment by the Chinese government, violated the terms of his release by penning a stream-of-consciousness polemic against Beijing in Newsweek online, using words such words as “desperation,” “violence,” and “slaves” to describe the capital city. Ai’s comments closely followed the announcement that Chinese police may gain the authority to detain suspects […]