Guest Columnists

By MIKE McGRAW It’s been several weeks now since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Commentaries from journalists, politicians and interest groups have searched for nuggets of truth to help explain how something so terrible can happen. There must be a pattern...
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UPDATE: Kathie Yount recently passed after a hard-fought battle with cancer. This was her first column for us, driven by the cruel injustice of the death of her only son, Dylan. On this desolating occasion, it seems right to remember that Kathie was a fighter...
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  By EDMUND LIS This December, people were asking me if I was going to write a column for the month. My reply was simply, “It’s the holidays and I don’t want to be depressing”. So why is December a downer for me with all...
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  By DIMITRA EKMEKTSIS I am frequently asked whether I was sexually abused as a child, but none of the interviewers ever asked me a single question about economics or politics – my true motivations in my decision to work in the sex industry. I...
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by Edmund Lis My father and I had a special bond that was different than what he had with my siblings or with other people. I know now that we were more alike than I ever wanted to admit while he was alive. As adults,...
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by Edmund Lis I think I’m a defective human being. How’s that for a way to start a conversation. Let me rephrase that a little. I think I’m either a defective human, an enlightened human, or least of the three possibilities, a normal human. Let...
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by Edmund Lis My wife thinks it’s nobody’s business, but if you’re writing an honest commentary then you need to tell the truth. So here is my reality: I’m underemployed, underinsured, underwater on my mortgage, and sadly I’m not alone. Unfortunately, more and more Americans...
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