Monday, April 30, 2018

THE STUDENTS WALK OUT ANYWAY

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by Lois Rosen Nate at Instagram Although a Needville, Texas principal threatens suspension, though parents in Billings, Montana ...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

CROSSING THE LINE

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by Jill Crainshaw Source: Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps/Pool via Bloomberg . How do you cross a line Drawn in nuclearized sand? ...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

SOMEWHERE THERE IS AN ALGORITHM FOR US

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by Lauren Wellman Cartoon by Joe Dator In a recent blog post, Facebook's vice president for ads, Rob Goldman, argues his platf...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

APRIL IN THE UPPER MIDWEST

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John Savoie teaches great books at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

THE BALLAD OF SCOTT PRUIT

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by Edward Zuk Image from “Environmental Plundering Agency by Brian McFadded at The Nib. When health and safety threaten greed acros...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

SAME OLD MOTIFS, SOUNDING OFF AGAIN

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by George Salamon The Washington Post , April 22, 2018 Only old folks and children Do no harm to the present By thinking of the f...
Monday, April 23, 2018

THE COURAGE OF CHILDREN

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by Charles Hughes Pink, perfect orchid blossom off its stem, Still ballerina crumpled to the stage. A little life gone out of this...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

TANKA

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by Jenna Le A sperm whale found dead in southern Spain was killed after ingesting 64 pounds of mostly plastic garbage, a necropsy of th...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

WEST OF LUKEVILLE

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by David Chorlton While scouring the Sonoran Desert for objects left behind by migrants crossing into the United States, anthropologist...
Friday, April 20, 2018

INTOLERANCE AFTERNOON

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by Gary Glauber Starbucks Logo Mermaid Redesign by Cory Marino at Deviant Art No one wanted to wait on the mermaid. I couldn’t beli...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

DON'T NAP IN THE THUNDER

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by Dianna MacKinnon Henning Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs / For I am a Rain Dog too. Don’t assume the springs won’t break free ...

EIGHTY-SIX ON MY SPEED DIAL

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by James Bettendorf Records fell as an April snowstorm blanketed the Upper Midwest. — CHANNEL 3000 The shadow I see in the meadow ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

LESSONS OF THE OSTRACODS

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by Richard Meyer The male ostracod Cypideis salebrosa, his genitals shaded in the photograph. (Maria João Fernandes Martins) By stud...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

ABOUT COMEY

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by Frederick Shiels Distraction Accomplished by Pia Guerra at The Nib we were never wrong, nor were we right, nor did we know. El ...