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. 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 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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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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This year, several low key conferences have been held about the colonization of Mars. Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have been quietly gathering the brain power needed for such an ambitious project. Their goal of having humans live permanently on Mars is not a secret. How they will go about achieving it is another
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Downtown Colorado Springs and the area immediately around it are undergoing a sequence of transformative urban infill projects. Needless to say, growth inspires change. In this case, the city is slowly but surely moving toward world-class status. However, a few proposals deserve more attention given that poor planning can do serious damage to any community’s
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