A Traveling Woman
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A Traveling Woman

In the spring of this year, a decision that I made last fall will come to fruit and will change my life profoundly for better or worse. I will be leaving Chicago, the city where I have resided my entire life to move to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Employment opportunities in…

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January 12, 2013
Who Needs Vampires If You Can Have “Lost Girl” Bo Instead?
Entertainment / Fiction / Media

Who Needs Vampires If You Can Have “Lost Girl” Bo Instead?

A Primer On Your New Favorite Show On TV Follow more from Faith McLay --> here. I am talking, of course, about the international hit show from Canada. Lost Girl is a Showcase original fantasy drama set in the world of the Fae, a supernatural species living among humans. It’s unique and…

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January 12, 2013
A New Generation is Coming To Power: Generation WE
Country / Culture / Education / Philosophy / Society

A New Generation is Coming To Power: Generation WE

The largest Voting Generational Block in the country - surpassing the Baby Boomers are 'The Millennials' a.k.a Generation WE, born between 1978 and 2000 at 95 million people compared to 78 million Baby Boomers. Generation WE is the first generation to inherent a nation in decline. To give you…

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January 10, 2013
Stop the Bleeding
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Stop the Bleeding

I’m for strict gun control and believe the evidence for its support is overwhelming. And like most gun control advocates, I have no problem with hunting weapons or pistols for personal protection. It’s hard to argue against these even if you love Bambi as I do. On the other…

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January 7, 2013
Too Big to Prosecute!
Country / Editorials / Society

Too Big to Prosecute!

You may have read Les Misérables in school or have seen the movie, thinking that Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family, is a fictional character in the distant past, at a time when being poor was a criminal matter and…

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January 7, 2013
Poster Boys of Misanthropy
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Poster Boys of Misanthropy

Are John “Quiverlip” Boehner and Mitch “Multichin” McConnell vying for the title of Vile Misanthrope? Even “misanthrope” isn’t enough; you must put vile in front of it. But one has to mention that Boehner’s Ohio district and the state of Kentucky must bear some blame for electing such miscreants…

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December 28, 2012
Newtown
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Newtown

No matter how I try to approach something meaningful to say, it falls short. I must confess to being extremely overwhelmed by the barrage of memes, points of view, pontification, heated opinions, heartbreaking images, and politics of it all. It's just so many words, not one of which can…

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December 20, 2012
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