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Editorials |
Arts
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Columns |
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Bullies Rule—Anna Seymour |
Winter |
Trumped—Marien
Helz |
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The “Tea Party” did not want
Gabrielle Giffords in Congress, and now she
won’t be for a long, long time if ever. When she recovers,
she may be like Jim Brady. While only the gunman is
responsible for the murders, the “Tea Party” cannot shrug
off responsibility for inciting the kind of hostility that
generated this action. Nor can all those who prevented sensible
gun control laws shed responsibility for this event. |
Banjo
Aurelia Perry |
... The Donald strides in like a conquering emperor
with his slightly truculent pout, but he becomes engaging
nonetheless. The show is his attempt to transform his image from
enfant terrible to wise patron. It’s amusing:
he sits on a raised platform in a chair that looks much like a
throne; everyone else is seated, and he comes in last; they
address him as “Mister Trump” while he calls them by their first
or nick names... |
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Words
Matter—Marien
Helz |
Spring |
Responsibility and Adolescence—Shaun Bellavia |
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In the aftermath of the Tucson
shootings, individuals and organizations went out of their
way to avoid exploiting or seeming to exploit the tragedy.
As a result, for a while, an effort was made to achieve
accord. The two parties sat together at the following State
of the Union Address. It’s important, none-the-less, not to
strive so hard to avoid exploiting a tragedy that we neglect
to learn from it. We’ve seen again and again that words lead
to action, that irresponsible... |
Poetry by
Lisa Wiley |
Violence is everywhere: it is in the movies we watch, the games
we play, and it is all around us influencing our lives. The
problem is that children see us enjoy it, they watch it
entertain us, and sometimes, we let it entertain them; having an
adverse effect and problematic impact on the way their minds
develop. Adolescent violence starts somewhere. For those of you
that have children or plan on having children, there are some
things you need to think about. |
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Tips and Tricks for
...—Graceann Macleod |
Summer |
...What the World Sees—Jennifer Campbell |
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I've been
lamenting a remarkable lack of civility for some time now,
and I've even written about it here once before. Perhaps a
primer is in order, with some specifics that will, maybe
unfortunately, give you a window into my pet peeves. So
here, presented in my biased and completely unscientific
manner, is a list of “Pleases” that may go unnoticed by the
rude people with whom you share your world, but might make
you feel like a better person for putting them into
practice. |
Poetry by
Perry Nicholas |
The book’s central
conceit is that what a writer presents to the world is not the
complete truth. Once a poem is released into the world, it
is subject to the whims and conjectures of the audience.
Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges’ parable “Borges and I,” at
times it is difficult to divide the man’s truth from the truth
of the poet’s expression. And like Borges, Nicholas the
man is a shadow-self that cannot be fully separated from the
work. |
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