The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why

The Psychic Bartender: Killing till We Get It Right
Kirby Farrell | September 30, 2011
The media’s 9/11 memorial drill was almost as painful as the original attack on the World Trade Center. Like Big Brother’s loudspeakers, the TV in …

Making Faces at Death
Alex Murawski | September 27, 2011
I’ve always been drawn to ‘the human’ in people. When I was at primary school I remember looking at one of the so-called ‘tough kids’ …

Ipso Facto Inefficiency?
Daniel Liechty | September 13, 2011
In my last blog, I wrote about how confounded I am by the current antigovernment sentiment we are hearing everywhere. Moved to action, I did …

The Emotions of a Meadow Mouse
Bruce Floyd | September 9, 2011
Last night, because of no other reason than it was within reach and because it had been awhile since I looked through it, I picked …

The Current Antigovernment Sentiment
Daniel Liechty | September 7, 2011
I work hard to genuinely understand the views of those with whom I disagree. For me, it is not only a point of honor, an …

The Psychic Bartender-Fangs a Lot
Kirby Farrell | September 1, 2011
Lively summer outside the bar, no? In Norway a deadeye nobody competes for notoriety with rampage killers around the world by blowing up government buildings …