Tangents Stories

Mike Pence leaves church after parishoners kneel

Vice President Mike Pence abruptly left a church service in Indianapolis on Sunday after parishoners knelt the say The Lord’s Prayer. “I refused to dignify a celebration of God with this kind of protest,” Pence was later quoted as saying. “Everyone knows that the best way to honor Christ at a church service is to stand and stare at your feet, and think about watching the football game later that day. Plus, I refuse to be in a room without my wife if the Holy Spirit is also there. It’s my

The Pussyhat evolution/revolution

This column originally appeared in the February 2017 edition of Tangents. Donald Trump had no idea the amount of fury and outrage he would spark when he made his now infamous comment: “I’m automatically attracted to beautiful [women] — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything ... Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.” Little has he realized that it wasn’t just women who were offended, but

What the hell, 2016?

This column originally appeared in the February 2017 edition of Tangents. If you are reading this, you lived through 2016. Congratulations. If you made it through this past year, especially if you’re a musician, you are totally allowed to feel like Katniss at the end of “The Hunger Games.” 2016 was the year that went on forever and took nearly everyone along with it. Even Tolstoy called and said, “Damn, this year went on forever and was depressing as heck.” Unfortunately for those of us left