April 2013
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January 2013
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“From Two Trains Running, some thoughts for Inauguration Day: 1959 October 06...”
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Two Trains Running (2005), by Andrew Vachss
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November 2012
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No woman should be forced to bear a child because...
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U.S. ELECTION, TALIBAN-STYLE
At this point, the pattern is clear. The election has given these candidates (and more to come) the courage to publicly wallow in their own filth. And their dreams of a country where women are subjugated by law are nearing reality.
I am not suggesting that anyone should base their vote for President on the statements of candidates running within any...
October 2012
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U.S. ELECTION, TALIBAN-STYLE
At this point, the pattern is clear. The election has given these three (and more to come) the courage to publicly wallow in their own filth. And their dreams of a country where women are subjugated by law are nearing reality.
I am not suggesting that anyone should base their vote for President on the statements of candidates running within any...
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September 2012
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August 2012
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“Let me be certain I understand this:
Todd Akin, a U.S. Congressman from...”
– © 2012 Andrew Vachss. All rights reserved.
July 2012
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February 2012
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“Don’t all Americans agree that child protection is our most important...”
– “What Are You Going to Do about Child Abuse?” by Andrew Vachss, Parade Magazine, 2004
January 2012
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“In The Weight, I reported that as-yet-uncaught predators can use sex offender...”
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The Weight (2010), by Andrew Vachss
December 2011
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“Once again, Florida lives down to its reprehensible “child...”
– © 2011 Andrew Vachss. All rights reserved.
November 2011
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Wall Street has been occupied, even though no one...
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Child Sexual Abuse within the Circle of Trust
For many years, I’ve explained that the overwhelming majority of child sexual abuse is not committed by the kind of roving serial perpetrators who can be “profiled” for trash TV. Most child sexual abuse takes place within the child’s circle of trust, starting with parents and radiating outward to teachers, coaches, religious authorities, babysitters. Offenders in the...
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“In 1994, I reported there was a market for this special brand of abuse:
I...”
– Down in the Zero (1994), by Andrew Vachss
September 2011
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August 2011
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Getting to the Truth about Caylee Anthony's Death
Why doesn’t the State of Florida appoint a law guardian to represent the estate of Caylee Anthony?
Under most circumstances, someone acquitted of homicide can still be sued in civil court for causing the “wrongful death” of a person — even a person he or she has been acquitted of murdering.
Having been acquitted, if Casey Anthony now wrote a book not only admitting guilt,...
July 2011
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“Another dead child. Another desperate search for solace and solutions.
As...”
– “How Many Dead Children Will It Take to End the Rhetoric?” by Andrew Vachss, New York Daily News, August 12, 1994
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“The Truth of “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”
Despite what the media...”
– The Truth of “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”
© 2011 Andrew Vachss. All rights reserved.
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The jury is out, and this is what we saw during...
“As Casey Anthony alternately cried, glared and shook her head, prosecutors in her capital murder trial told jurors Sunday that evidence in the case points to only one conclusion — that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.” (CNN)
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
June 2011
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“ There’s already four million slaughtered in the Congo, and blue helmets on...”
– Terminal (2007), by Andrew Vachss
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“You don’t run across straight blackmail much anymore. Why risk doing time...”
– Down in the Zero (1994), by Andrew Vachss
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Postwar Boom →
The new short story is out as part of an anthology, L.A. Noire. Mulholland Books, which made the e-book download free (for now), asked for some prefatory remarks on noir.
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The Casey Anthony trial doesn’t stray far from the script I described in Terminal (2007):
Jurors were being interviewed. Must have been some kind of major case. They all agreed it was just disgusting that the killer hadn’t shown the slightest trace of remorse. “He never shed a tear for her, not once,” one blobby woman in a blue dress with a white Peter Pan collar said. Her own...
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Andrew Vachss interviewed by radio talk-show host...
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“The church doesn’t call them child molesters, or baby-rapers, or anything...”
– Dead and Gone (2000), by Andrew Vachss
