Keith Preston
Keith Preston
Keith Prestonwas a Chicago-based literary critic, author and journalist...
broke finds joke leaves
The alienist is not a joke - He finds you cracked, and leaves you broke
dark light may
The light ones may be killers, the dark ones mild; not the wrappers but the fillers, make cigars or women wild.
laughing snuff boxes
He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze.
meaningful political democracy
It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where individuals and minorities are at the mercy of unconstrained majorities hardly constitutes freedom in any meaningful sense.
god acres shrines
The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.
democracy scum institutions
Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.