High Profile Bullies
Alex Jones is lucky that lawsuits are all that he is facing.
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Analysis
Do Kangaroos Have Nightmares?
Do kangaroos have nightmares? Maybe. Little children sure do. “Daddy…” A small voice called me punctuated by little sobs. I had just put on my pajamas after showering. Hopefully he hadn’t been calling for very long. I hurried across the hall to Byron’s room and opened the door. “What’s the matter, little one?” I asked
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Feminist Dystopia: A Perspective from the Working Class
We are living in a feminist dystopia. Nobody has more independent woman street cred than yours truly, the Academic Redneck. I traveled the world by myself in my twenties. I waited to marry until I was in my mid-thirties. Now in my fifties, I am child-free by choice. I never had an abortion, but I
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Welcome to Emily’s Corner
Welcome to Emily’s Corner. This is a corner of the world you have not seen before because it only exists in my head: a place my inner Mom sends me when my thoughts are too much to handle and I need a time-out. While it’s not a hard corner you’d be afraid to bump into every time
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What Trump Supporters Get Right
What do supporters of President Trump understand that his critics don’t? In other words, what do Trump supporters get right about America? It is not an exaggeration to say that I haven’t seen the country this divided since the Sixties. During my high school and college years, Civil Rights marches, Vietnam War protests, and multiple
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The Gold King Mine: No Escape from the Past
In 2015, a failed attempt by the EPA to contain polluted contents of the Gold King Mine released millions of gallons of water heavily polluted with sulfuric acid and toxic heavy metals into the San Juan River. This environmental disaster took a century to create. It is easy to believe that our ancestors didn’t understand
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