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Dana Zimbleman

A veteran English and History faculty member, Dana Zimbleman has worked in community colleges in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, and Washington. She and her husband Mike enjoy traveling, target shooting, and spoiling their Golden Retriever Mr. Darcy.

The Supreme Court and Justice Anthony Kennedy

Conservatives celebrate and liberals wail about Justice Anthony Kennedy’s upcoming Supreme Court retirement. Partisan publications feature over-the-top predictions about the court’s future. Hysterical leftists believe reproductive rights and Rowe v. Wade are under assault. They assert that a new Supreme Court will reduce all childbearing-age women to breeders and scullery maids. Right-wingers say that a

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Eminent Domain Dramatized: Little Pink House Screening in Colorado Springs

In 2005, a landmark 5-4 Supreme Court ruling damaged individual property rights. Specifically, the Kelo v. City of New London case established an unfair eminent domain precedent. Little Pink House, an independent film released this year, speaks to this issue. It dramatizes the heartbreak of New London, Connecticut residents who lost their homes in this unfortunate court

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Progressive Hysteria: On Hubris and Hyperbole

Since November 8, 2016, many progressives have been pitching a collective hissy fit. Unable to believe that the shoo-in for office, that unsinkable-as-the-Titanic candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, lost the presidency to a “loser” like Donald J. Trump, they’ve lived in a perpetual state of denial—a state without a single electoral vote. Many see no irony

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Climbing Mt. Suribachi: The Academic Redneck Fitness Challenge, Update 9

Previous Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-March 5, 2018): 34.4 pounds Weight Loss (March 5-April 2, 2018): 1.4 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-April 2, 2018): 35.8 pounds I’m feeling triumphant today, and not necessarily because of  making slow, steady progress toward my fitness goals. As those of you who follow my columns know, for

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