Right around this time of year, everyone gets a little sentimental. The changing of seasons, the farewell to a free summer—it all plays a part. And Labor Day weekend serves as that harsh demarcation l...
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America’s corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they’re doing all they can to create millions more of them.
They’re knocking down wages, offshoring everything from manufacturing jobs to h...
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There was an article in the Wall Street Journal recently about false memories and how easy they are to create. It seems there was a German study where students were given a series of tasks and ...
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Dear Mexican: I’m a naturalized citizen born in Ciudad Juarez (the most dangerous city in the world, thanks to the drug cartels) but I work for la migra. I get a lot of s**t from some of my ...
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Curses, Foiled Again
People noticed Dennis Hawkins, 48, when he showed up at a shopping center supermarket wearing a woman’s blonde wig, a sweater with fake breasts under it and clown pants....
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I saw you out at the Celtic Festival earlier this summer doing an Irish Poetry of Resistance lecture. This might sound odd, but sitting on folding chairs on the grass, under a tent, and having a Sm...
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I’ve been missing the steady tone of a good novel, so when my book club decided to read Barbara Kingsolver’s newest, “The Lacuna,” I felt relieved to be given the assignment even though the book is lo...
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