Celia was having a fit. Again. I should have been used to it by now, but it still bugged me. When we were kids, it always got her the extra kisses and hugs, the extra cookies and candy, and the concerned attention. Now that we were adults, it was all the more annoying. Instead of […]
As flashbulbs pop to record the formal signing of the Takings Act of 1949, tribal chairman George Gillette chokes back his emotions as Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug signs the bill that would flood the ancestral home of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people. (AP/Worldwide photos) The Senate vote was close, 51-40, but
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This question has taken on a controversial aspect, but not so when my husband and I asked it before the birth of our first child. I am white and he was Black, so we were just kind of wondering. Let me take you back a few years to the maternity ward a couple days after
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Humanity is facing an inevitable catastrophe that world leaders continue to ignore due mostly to indifference and blind ignorance. This means that the public and scientific community need to more proactively address the issue to avert disaster. Specifically, many don’t even realize that on July 23rd, 2012, a massive solar storm of two coronal mass
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Don walked into the living room with a basketball in his hands. His son Greg was playing Assassin’s Creed. “Let’s go shoot some hoops,” Don said. Greg just kept staring at the screen. “Dad, I’m in the middle of something.” “There’s no remote control button to life, son. C’mon, let’s go. Daylight’s burning. You need some exercise.” “I’m
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