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Base Campers Wanted
Democrats need to set aside the idea that leapfrogging the team in favor of personal glory is more important that working together. The benefits are not only greater party unity, but also an increase...
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The Darkest Night
The cinema taught me to feel, to embrace, to love, to experience the beauty of life, rather than judge, condemn, or hold it in contempt.
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Zero Sum
The notion that death by gunfire can be avoided by an increase in the amount of gunfire is not only patently ridiculous, but grossly irresponsible. This is no longer about about the freedom to bear...
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Mind Over Materialism
And finally, look at the joy on their faces as the realization that years of cooperation and collaboration have moved from the theoretical to the crystalline real. That is the beauty of science. That...
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Dreaming in Color: Tony Scott (1944 – 2012)
Tony Scott, brother of Ridley Scott, and producer/director of stylish cinematic staples such as Top Gun, The Hunger, True Romance, Crimson Tide, and the recent Unstoppable, has died at the age of 68 of...
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Landon Coleman: The Greatest Teacher I Ever Had
Nostalgia has its pitfalls. Today I was thinking back on my college years, reminiscing on some of the teachers I was lucky enough to have met on my path to higher education, when a Google search result...
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The 2012 Muriel Awards
This year, Paul Clark and Steve Carlson were kind enough to invite me to participate as a voter for the awards, and the results of the poll (along with my personal picks and a pair of companion pieces...
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Lessons in Race From a 14-Year-Old: Part One
Trayvon Martin is dead, and George Zimmerman is free. No matter how many times I see that phrase, I’ll never be able to take comfort in in its implications. But, as a lifelong resident of the American...
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Lessons in Race From a 14-Year-Old: Part Two
It's not about race. It's about economics. One group is trained to hate another group because of what the latter can take away from the former. Capitalism creates materialism, and materialism is...
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The Touchstone
I have on my desk a tiny stone, plucked from the sand on a sliver of beach behind a small house on the fringes of a town called Ballyferriter on the west coast of Ireland. As stones go, it is...
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