Not long ago, I sat in a local restaurant eating a Key Lime torte and thinking about how Key West owes the Cuban coastline a debt of gratitude for slowing down Hurricane Irma. As unkind as she was to Florida, an unimpeded Irma might have reduced Key West to a denuded stump of coral. Just […]
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The man Sarah Martin thought she once loved had become a lazy, manipulative user, and constantly dwelling on her decade of failure with him wasn’t doing her any favors. It had certainly kept her from living in the moment. She finally decided to salvage what she could and refashion a meaningful life for herself before it was too
Life isn’t just about eating and paying bills. Americans need to address the country’s future proactively or fail subsequent generations by not doing so. Space exploration is part of this equation. Among other things, it has led to the invention or development of artificial limbs, cell-phone cameras, LEDs, enriched baby food, solar cells, powdered lubricants,
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Given that a fair portion of the American public still supports objective reporting, most major media outlets are begging for extinction by serving as a sycophantic extension of the corporate-political establishment. In large part, their unrelenting Trump animus stems from confirmation bias, or the tendency to seek out and interpret evidence that confirms one’s existing
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This is the hour of contrition for all the loves I failed time and again, knowing full well that no atonement is strong enough to remedy the damage done. All I can do is stare at the bare trees and withered grass and capture the moments that should have mattered, reinventing them in solitary retrospect.
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On February 5, 2017, the New England Patriots will play in their seventh Super Bowl since 2001. They earned this right by dismantling the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-17 in the AFC Championship Game, a game they’ve played in for six seasons in a row. Tom Brady threw for 384 yards and 3 touchdowns. He’ll be playing
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