DAN RUDY Thin Blue Line, Dakota He had an honest face. What else could I say? It was in the flagging days of Movember, and the after-effects of leftover Thanksgiving
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- More Mohammeds Than Americans Can Handle: Baby Names Menacing Western Society The mental unrest was almost palpable after a report from the Washington Examiner detailed the following frightening information: The number of U.S. newborns named “Mohammed” has jumped 100-fold since 1964, one...
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ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) During the Great Leap Forward Yang Jisheng’s father starved to death— he says in his recent book that it seemed
CONOR MATTHEWS (editor’s note: Conor disappeared for a few months, but he’s back with the latest piece in his series about moving from Ireland to Los Angeles — see
DAN RUDY Minot ND There’s a double standard that has become apparent in this modern socioeconomic situation of ours. Like many nations, America is a land of dual, dueling spheres: a
DONALD O’DONOVAN Food, Inc Directed by Robert Kenner This important and incisive documentary will show you what’s on the end
ERIC CHAET President Obama speaks at ANOCA I don’t believe you are a tyrant like Hitler, Stalin, Caligula, Franco, or
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Los Angeles This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Israeli airport screeners engaging passengers in conversation
ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) Holbein the younger’s Erasmus This so-called writing that we do
DAN RUDY Chippewa Falls WI Menards begins stocking up on fire nozzles in November? The Eau Claire, WI based company


