Notes From Behind The Bar
Pulling Teeth
“Ok… let ‘em in.” Somebody moved to unlock the outside doors. It was precisely 10:00 and I was standing next to the oven…
Notes From Behind The Bar
Notes From Behind the Bar
A bicycle mechanic, a line cook, and a shotgun walk into a bar…
Stone gray clouds, heavy and threatening, hover above the city as I make my way to the 7/11 on the corner near where I…
COVID on Campus
A PSU Health and Safety Inquiry
After a year and a half long closure, Portland State University reopened for students and faculty this Fall term, inviting students, faculty, and staff…
Above the Law
Police Resistance to Vaccine Mandates
In August of this year, Oregon’s Governor Brown announced that the state would mandate vaccinations for all executive branch employees including police and correctional…
The Predicament of Mayor Wheeler
Political Criticism in the Wake of Civil Rights Advocacy
My parents are working class people. My father is an auto body mechanic just trying to make ends meet while my mother homeschooled her…
Notes from Behind the Bar
Someone got murdered outside of my work…
…and we stayed open. Five gunshots. Two of which entered the man’s head. What’s strange is that the gravity of this event didn’t really…