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A night serving the 1 percent goes from class to crass “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless […]

First, they came for the porters, and I did not speak out because I was not a porter. Then they came for the dishwashers, and I did not speak out because I was not a dishwasher. Then they came for the bussers, and I did not speak out because I was not a busser. Then […]

You awaken. slightly bleary eyed. Upon realizing you’re alive, and which end of the bed your head is resting on, or even that you’re in a bed at all, you begin to reflect on the events of the previous night. You may struggle to remember the name of the person next to you if there […]

Secret [see-krit]: faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent. In this time of NSA eavesdropping and data mining, of leaks and whistleblowers, let us take a moment to consider privilege. Not Attorney/Client, nor Doctor/Patient, but something perhaps even more treasured and ubiquitous. Let us consider the privilege that exists between bartender and […]

“A man walks into a bar…” Those six words have filled many a bartender with dread and angst at the prospect of hearing yet another ancient, unfunny, or worse, offensive joke from a guest sitting at their bar. Bar jokes can inspire the eruption of laughter and the breaking of ice, or unleash the hurling […]