Non-fiction

T below are a collection of essays and non-fiction stories – most of which were written in college. Simply click the image or “read more” button to view the full piece.

Serious Play

This is an unpublished book review of Serious Play for ArchPaper. RIP William Menking.

Socialism and Labor Zionism: The Key to Early Israel

World affairs in 1948 were much different than they were three years prior. At the beginning of 1945, World War II (WWII) had been raging on for nearly six years as Nazi Germany still existed under the control of Adolf Hitler. The United States of America (U.S.) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) were allied with each other, albeit their political…

Adopt-a-Journalist: Paul Feist

Paul Feist has been around journalism for a long time. Over thirty years and counting, with no sign of slowing down any time soon.

The Bay Area native enjoyed a quarter-century long career as a reporter and editor, beginning with his first writing gig for local weekly publications…

Planet Distrikt

In the summer of 2016 I had an internship on Miami Beach to work for a new social media travel guide company called mydistriKt. The result of my time there exists within the pages of the sister site Planet DistriKt, where I compiled narratives for series’ of posts from mydistriKt. If that’s hard to follow, just think of it all as travel writing.

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Right-Wing Positions Are Obstacles to Peace

In 1947 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a plan to partition what was then the British Mandate of Palestine. Additionally, a deadline for British control of the mandate was set for May 14, 1948. [1] The moment Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declared Israeli independence on the same day, the regional Arab neighbors of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan…

California drought Leaves yosemite high and dry

Having spent summers and a few winters in Yosemite National Park in California, it’s fairly easy for me to imagine taking a walk through any section of sequoia tree forest. The warm summer sun is kept at bay by the friendly giants that rise hundreds of feet into the sky, dispersing that fresh wilderness scent throughout the air that cleanses the respiratory tract. Twigs crack…