Articles by Casper Parks

Press the Remote Scanning bland television bands. Nothing new, nothing fresh. Voids of mindless muddle. Concoctions of grand delusion. Dreams of tomorrow, gone. Faded blue hazy glows. Enslaved and held captive Simply press the remote. Another station, another snare. Trapped in hypnotic trances. Clutched by idiotic dilemmas. Disenchanted. Thumbing and surfing narrowed realities. Father, mother, brother, sister transposed. With friends in smell rose spaces. Living in unreachable zip-code places. An autograph if you please. Powerless, just another thumb of the remote. In search of perfect friendships. Perfect parents. A perfect mate. Perfect children. It is a perfect home life improved. [-MORE-]

Inception was written after a friend who was 17/18 yrs old had called. His girlfriend was in labor at the hospital. He was a homeless teenager, couch surfing through his last two years of high school. I thought, so young to have a child. His situation was emotional, joy of birth and fear of the unknown. After his call, my thoughts transposed into words. He proved to be good father. He ensured his daughter was loved, had brand name clothing, healthcare, child support, took her for swim team meets and so-on. A couple years after she was born, he started [-MORE-]

As the news outlets reported on the Iran Contra Affair, the government allegedly went after the media. Rumored of threats made behind closed doors trickled outside, and to prove a point the government did something drastic. Bringing into prospective, an understanding of business tax breaks is helpful. Normally, a new business venture can write-off losses for five years. Special media tax breaks removed that clause, allowing media companies to serve rural areas. Radio stations had special exemptions that began at the end of a World War, and onset of The Cold War. In the event of nuclear attack or invasion, [-MORE-]