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The New England Patriots, Deflategate, and a More Honest Concern

Analysis, Nonfiction / By Eric Stephenson

On his weekday radio talk show in January of 2015, former Carolina Panthers general manager Marty Hurney addressed the controversy regarding 11 of 12 footballs being under-inflated during the AFC Championship Game. He said, “To me, this isn’t about ‘Deflategate.’ This isn’t about anything having to do about any particular game last week. And it certainly […]

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Guns, Bibles, and Charlie Hebdo

There’s a gun shop in my town that still has its Christmas message up. “Joy to the world the lord has come.” I’m not an expert on theology, but I’m pretty sure where Jesus would stand on the whole gun rights issue. People criticized Obama for his remarks about people who cling to their guns

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Cuba Libre

Analysis, Jerome Parent, Nonfiction / By Jerome Parent

Rum and Coke is a good drink, my cocktail of choice. Oh sure, if I could afford it, I’d drink Crown Royal or Glenmorangie. Barring a lottery win, though, it’s a Cuba Libre for me on the rare occasions that I skip the wine at a party or find myself in a bar. It goes

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Dick & Rosie

Dick & Rosie, Nonfiction / By The USR Staff

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Phone Sweet Phone

Jerome Parent, Nonfiction / By Jerome Parent

I lost my cell phone recently. Technically, I didn’t really lose it. It was sitting on my son’s coffee table in his house in Ft. Morgan. Only I was locked out and he was in Denver. So the result was the same as if I had lost it. At first, I thought it was just

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Proprius: An Alternative to Tradition

Education, Lindsay Deen, Nonfiction, Writings / By Lindsay Deen

Traditional learning really doesn’t work for everyone, and not always for the reasons one would think. Many have likened it to trying to fit square pegs into round holes. We know from study that humans learn by many different methods. As hard as they try, teachers cannot always create lesson plans that appeal to the types of

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