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Legitimate acts of anti-black hatred and violence are so rare these days, it’s like seeing a ghost wearing disco shorts and roller-blading in the middle of the street on the bad side of town. One feels compelled to grab their smartphone and start snapping pictures, because no one would believe you otherwise. (more…)
Derek Chauvin
Derek Chauvin
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In last week’s column I informed you that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — who enabled George Floyd’s death by failing to leach out every last particle of fentanyl from the rubber-lipped felon’s bloodstream — was stabbed at a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. (more…)
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While I was a student, I had a part-time job at an investment firm paying five whole dollars an hour! (Wow!) Then the company folded; lawyers, to make a very long story short. This left me scrambling to stay afloat during the recession that was beginning to unfold in 1990. The best I could find was a part-time fast-food gig, which for many people is the employment of last resort. But as far as diversity goes, I was living the dream.
I told the story about this wonderful job, and several others which instilled my love for contemporary capitalism, on my free web host account. (more…)
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Until a few days ago, the infamously ominous stone tablets known as the Georgia Guidestones sat a mere 88 miles from where I’m typing this. (more…)
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Let’s talk ice cream machines. They’re a minor aspect of your daily life that you might not even notice much. Chick-fil-a, Shake Shack, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, In-N-Out, Steak ‘n Shake, Dairy Queen, Rally’s — they all have them. Your local family-owned and regional chain restaurants have them as well. They are everywhere, and I contend we can look at the ice cream machine as a miniature social-capital and livability data-outpost because of their ubiquity. We can get to know a particular store or area of town by its ice cream machine functionality level. (more…)