• Trenchcast 3: The anniversaries of tragedies

    Trench discusses the American media fascination with the anniversaries of tragedies. Download Audio (Right Click, Save As) RSS feed for Trenchcast Add to iTunes TR logo designed by MT Marketing Get the podcast early by becoming a Patron.


  • Remembrance of e-mails past

    Today I was closing a paid e-mail account that I’ve used for the past 12 years. FastMail if you’re curious, I highly recommend it. It can do all the things G-Mail can without the specter of Google hanging over you. Right now it’s just not financially feasible for me, but I digress. While I was…


  • Columbine Backlash

    (A year after Columbine I wrote this as my reaction to being improperly associated with the gunmen. You have to keep in mind I was suffering deeply from depression at the time. I now realize that the problems I went through at the time were mostly my fault.) I thought I’d open my first rant…


  • The Washington Post Article

    (This was the Washington Post Article from the day after Columbine that got me started on my strange journey.) Gunmen Recalled as Outcasts By Marc Fisher Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 21, 1999; Page A1 The shooters who turned Columbine High School into an unspeakable landscape of carnage yesterday were members of a small…