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Only the nose knows
In fourth grade, I sat next to this girl named “Lucinda.” I’m giving her an alias so that I may mock her gleefully. Lucinda loved my cartoons. While the other kids in class were hard at work practicing their penmanship and perfecting the ultimate spitball, I drew cartoon characters with grotesquely exaggerated features – drooping […]
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The Providence Journal (R.I.), Jan. 15: Out west in Oregon, ranchers and activists are playing out a grievance that’s been a century in the making. In remote Harney County, Oregon, a jurisdiction larger than the state of Maryland, a group of out-of-state, self-styled constitutionalists have taken occupation of a federally owned wildlife refuge. They say […]
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A slow, lonely death in prison
In April 2014, President Obama’s Justice Department announced plans to raise an army of volunteer lawyers to assist federal prisoners in seeking a reduction of their draconian drug war sentences. Clemency Project 2014 (CP2014) was launched as the flagship of Obama’s criminal justice reform effort, dubbed the Smart on Crime Initiative. The Justice Department tapped […]
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Can Bernie Sanders change dynamics of Democratic race?
It’s pretty clear things have changed in the Democratic presidential race when Hillary Clinton does a sky-is-falling routine for donors. “There are not one, but two new public polls out this week that have us down in Iowa,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in an email to small contributors Thursday. “Now, you should always […]
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DHHS cuts hurting those in need
We have been informed by Waban Projects Inc., who provides residential services for our daughter Lindsay (age 37) that under the new (Dec. 8, 2015) DHHS Supporting Individual Success rate-setting initative rule, Lindsay’s staff support hours would be greatly reduced in July 2016. Lindsay’s current 168.07 weekly hours of residential staff support would be reduced […]
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The Republican of Springfield (Mass.), Jan. 15: For all those people who blamed Sam Walton for destroying Main Street, U.S.A., news of 269 Walmart closings worldwide make for especially poignant news. As much as McDonald’s has defined chain eating establishments, Walmart stands as a symbol of all-purpose merchandising under one large roof. The chain has […]
