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After my son’s burial is over and the hurt has supposedly been laid to rest, and most importantly, after everyone thinks the suicidal impulse has cooled in me for at least right now, I am let out at the edge of the road to navigate...
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Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was it simply the sacrifice one makes for monetary reimbursement? Was it a vocation? Did I simply follow in footsteps trod even deeper than one might imagine? Through many steps and an assortment of adventures and...
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I'm not blaming Iowa for the pastiness of the seventh Democratic Debate, held in Des Moines on January 14th. But it sure didn't help.
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Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it’s a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation. Charles Ruff It’s a ploy, people. Trust me. The attack that killed Iranian General Soleimani was literally nothing more...
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Trending this morning on Twitter was the phrase “page 364 of 365.” It’s almost time to turn the final page at the end of a long year, one which caps off a long decade. My mom, who was born in the 1930s, is about to...
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How we need another soul to cling to. Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath I have a house and the house is by the sea — well, it’s a block away and we endeavour to visit it every day. We means my husband and...
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The gloves were off at the sixth Democratic debate held in Los Angeles. Current Iowa darling, Pete Buttigieg was hit with verbal attacks, mostly from the two women on the stage.
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Prior to the impeachment of Donald John Trump on one count of abuse of power and one on obstruction of Congress, Trump lashed out in a rambling, unhinged letter screeching that he was being treated worse than the Salem witch trials. Prior to the vote...
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