thrown together

A new WPA: The US government should pay urban youth to go into rural communities and to work during the summer. Agriculture, odd jobs, even to work retail at the Dollar General...it's about being together and sharing the space.

unsafe self

How to preserve one’s verve?

turned years

I noticed just today that some years ago I must have passed from youth to age.

haute couture

Fashion: If you’re young and beautiful you can wear anything or nothing at all.

negative bazillion

The funny man in the suit asked: 'What is the opportunity cost of taking a year off after college and bumming around Europe?'

unshared carnage

The all-volunteer armed forces makes war less visible to large portions of the population. The draft, taking young men without their consent, makes all of the nation keenly aware of a war’s wasteful carnage. As it now stands, the volunteers come from two classes: Those conscripted by poverty or lack of prospects. Those with romantic notions of patriotism or adventure. The rest of our youth (and their parents) remain unscathed by the foreign wars.