Monday, February 04, 2019

THOSE IN THE LIGHT DON'T SEE THOSE IN THE DARK

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by George Salamon The death toll from the sinking of two boats carrying migrants to Yemen from Djibouti rose to 52 on Thursday, the UN ...
Sunday, February 03, 2019

SONNET FOR GOVERNOR NORTHAM

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by Diane Elayne Dees I had to shine my shoes that day. I might have inadvertently smeared polish on my face. I don’t recall—but I’...
Saturday, February 02, 2019

THIRST

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by Mary K O'Melveny FOUR NO MORE DEATHS VOLUNTEERS FOUND GUILTY FOR PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING HUMANITARIAN AID ON “TRAIL OF DEATH” IN ...
Friday, February 01, 2019

SLUM LORD

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by Steve Deutsch This is what an eviction threat from Donald Trump looks like. (From a 1987 case involving an elderly couple living in ...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

YOUR OWN PERSONAL HITLER

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by Alan Catlin Pictured above is one of three watercolor paintings attributed to the former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler which were seized ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

WINTER FRUIT

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"Empire" star Jussie Smollett was hospitalized after “a possible racially charged” and homophobic assault and battery, Chief A...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

NO ANSWERS

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by Marsha Owens The poet said she was born “ to look, to listen .” I envy her self-awareness, her certainty. Still night lifted...
Monday, January 28, 2019

SHUTDOWN SHUT-UP

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by David Feela Cartoon by Mike Marland We talked, then complained. Now the why about what happened deserves a reasonable explanat...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

FLY IT AT HALF-MAST ALWAYS

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by Rick Kempa "The New Normal" by Pat Bagley A few AP headlines, January 27, 2019: Search on for Louisiana man suspected ...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

WOMEN'S WAVE 2019

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by Donna Katzin A contingent of Jewish women and supporters march to Freedom Plaza in Washington on Saturday. (Evelyn Hockstein for Th...
Friday, January 25, 2019

AFTER HEARING OF ANOTHER MIGRANT CARAVAN HEADING FOR THE U.S.

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by Steve Dieffenbacher A group of 376 Central Americans was arrested in southwest Arizona, the vast majority of them families who dug ...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

TIT FOR TAT

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by Tricia Knoll She calls it. The government’s down for the count. The structure is collapsing. That’s the State of the Union, and ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

FAREWELL, NAMESAKE I NEVER KNEW

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by George Salamon "For roughly a decade, the land snail species Achatinella apexfulva, which used to be plentiful on the Hawaiian ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

STEVEN SPIELBERG VISITS AN ISLAND STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IN THE MOUNTAINS TO PITCH HIS REVIVAL OF WEST SIDE STORY

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by Mariana Mcdonald "Steven Spielberg Met With Puerto Ricans About 'West Side Story' Concerns. At a town hall with Univ...