Steinbeck serves two Masters with Cannery Row September 1, 2002 John Steinbeck's intended audience for Cannery Row were the GI's fighting to liberate Europe and Asia from the Axis powers. But the novel still works today because it broke all the rules of novel writing. Where do they all belong? July 13, 2002 An analysis of Ernest Hemingway's A Clean, Well-Lighted Place shows it as a short story about time, and our changing views of time as we age. Weed can lead to the harder stuff June 28, 2002 In the grand tradition of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal I offer my own modest proposal on how San José can locally fight terrorism. Diary of a (Not So Grateful) Death June 21, 2002 Inspired by Woody Allen's short play, Death Knocks, the assignment was to right a short, light essay on your own death.