[The Straddler fall2011 Issue EIGHT The Straddler is an interdisciplinary organization founded with the intent of examining and transforming culture. Looking as much to the past as to the present for insights into an age where repetition and cultural diminishment are the norm, The Straddler Magazine invites its readers to sift through illuminated bits of western and American culture. Pieced together, we believe these fragments offer images of the potential for a more dignified cultural future.]