Miguel Caballero makes clothing that helps protect against bullets, knives, and other weapons. The more protective an item is, the more it costs. Barack Obama is a client. As was Hugo Chávez.

Trent Moorman—Stranger music columnist and Line Out blogger—has also written for Vice, Rolling Stone, Tape Op, Portland Mercury, The Jung Society Quarterly, and Thresholds Quarterly (School of Metaphysics)....