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All cultural trends cycle through history. Long form works in verse are no exception.They were big in Sumeria: think Gilgamesh. They were big in classical Greece: think Homer. They were big in Elizabethan England: think Shakespeare. And,…
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Wonkblog maps the 173 pro-Confederate Flag rallies that have been held since the June 17, 2015 shooting of nine parishioners by a white supremacist (who has confessed to the crime and its motive) at a historic black church in Charleston,…
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I am in New York City most of this week taking depositions* in a trademark infringement lawsuit. My hotel is in Times Square (7th Avenue and West 51st Street). The depositions are being held at the offices of a law firm at Park Avenue…
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* Vox succintly restates what recent empirical evidence from the social sciences tells us about parenting: Like any parent, I would love to believe that my awesome kids are a result of my awesome parenting. Sadly, expert opinion indicates…
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Rocky Ford is not a town with a good track record of quality control.For the past few years, until a few months ago, the small town in Southeast Colorado was known for the disastrous listeria ridden cantaloupes called "Rocky Ford Sweets"…
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A Texas couple sold thousands of tons of alfalfa for more than $1.5 million to Colorado farmers, bought a big boat and sailed away to the Bahamas with their seven children. The seemingly idyllic family adventure didn't end well, however,…
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Somehow, I missed the notably case of Atalese v. U.S. Legal Services Group, LP, decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court on September 23, 2014 (certiorari was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court). In that case, a consumer contract contained an…
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* The public defender's system in one Georgia judicial circuit was so profoundly broken that one man sat in jail for 110 days for a crime for which he had already been convicted and served his sentence. The officials in charge of…
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His daughter, Kathy Blomquist, announced that my uncle, Arne Blomquist, died yesterday, an old man, although death always comes too soon.My mother who died of breast cancer shortly after retiring, and my Aunt Kay, who died in middle age of…
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Post-Debate Poll (NBC) Trump 23% Cruz 13% Carson 11% Fiorina 8% Rubio 8% Bush 7% Walker 7%Via a Facebook post.Great news for Democrats, if true.Copyright Andrew Oh-Willeke (2005-2013) from Wash Park…
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