Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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TIM BARRUS, NEW YORK TIMES
Mistakes. Happen. Metaphors. Happen. Judgement calls. Happen. Metaphors are added to anecdotal evidence. Copy editors everywhere at any publication will squint and ponder if a metaphor is appropriate. Their eyes to the sky. My eyes, too. I have had endings to my books redrawn and…
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THE DAMAGE THAT SHE CAUSES
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SHE DOES NOT IN ANY WAY CARE ABOUT WHO GETS HURT
One night, she emailed the kids directly. The house was dark. Qiet. I wanted them to sleep. When they do not sleep, the next day, their bodies and brains literally torture them. I used to wonder why they were…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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WE ARE THE LIVING DEAD
The issue of hunger finally arrived in Appalachia. People cannot feed their children. The suicide rate has exploded as have the covid cases.
No one is joyful to come back home. Home is often a trailer in the woods, and no one left for the…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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New York Times gatekeepers don’t want you to read this. They’re supposed to be anonymous. Sorry. But I just can’t join the Satisfied With Ourselves Party. There’s hardly a voice you publish that takes a solid look at journalism and it’s conflicted relationship with comments. Let’s Have A Hug For…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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And then he caved.
There are many Americans who worship the great cult leader. They claim to know that he will live forever.
What does that mean. It means he will be shielded by his guards (and we will pay for it) for a very long time. I predict prison.…
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GoingRogue: SexWork: BoyWhores
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GoingRogue. We’ve been traveling on my bike town-to-town, and we’ve been busy as all hell. I take Andrew with me because he was once a major whore. He raked it in.
But drug dealing is more money.
Like I care. As if.
Andrew projects the tone of authenticity. He can…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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Going Rogue
We are the culture of greed, death, indifference, cruelty, mass incarceration, poverty, hunger, suspicion, hate, patriarchal monarchy disguised as democracy, and genocide.
Within the context of that evil, bête noire – exactly how is that any different from the cultural nightmare that was ancient Rome’s legacy to the…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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America loved him. Americans voted for him. America placed their lives in his hands. America saw him as worthy of their hope.
He failed. Us.
We have no history of ever taking responsibility for what ruinous public policies Stephen Miller has designed. Those designations were never Trump’s ideas alone just…
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Going Rogue
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We felt pretty safe hiding out at Samuel’s because Samuel, himself, was hiding out. ICE really wanted to bust my fat white ass.
At least, that’s what Samuel said.
I could never tell if Sam was holding all the brick walls up, or if the brick walls were supporting Sam.…
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You Are A Fortess
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GoingRogue
You are a fortress. You have always been a fortress. A fortress of slaughter. Broken. Gone mad. Castles. Only to turn your back on us. This is how you want to be perceived.
I can buy some of it. But I have seen eyes like your eyes before the…