These are pictures of the aftermath of the Ohio State - Michigan football game of November, 2007. If you’re not a resident of the Great Lakes, you may be unfamiliar with the rivalry, but if you live here it’s inescapable. While I was moving into my duplex in Columbus, neighbors stopped by, made […]

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The right wing Homeland Security regime promises to keep America safe, but the truth is that it can’t even get its facts about security in our neighborhoods right. Take, for instance, the way that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers botched the job in the area around New Orleans’ Lakeview neighborhood.
The Corps of Engineers […]

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“Divorce is just terrible,” Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, said. “It’s one of Satan’s best tools to kill America.”
I don’t think you’d find many people in the United States who would proclaim that divorce is just a hunky-dory process that should be encouraged whenever possible. But there are times and situations in which divorce […]

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The Potomac River is emblematic of all rivers in the USA. As the river that flows through America’s capitol, it has symbolic significance. In practical terms too, the Potomac River provides a test of stewardship. If Washington D.C.’s river can’t get the attention of Congress and the White House, other rivers certainly won’t.
That seems […]

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