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Thursday, September 8, 2016

The Disappearance of Tara Grinstead: The Glove

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On the weekend of October 22, 2005, a school teacher and former beauty queen named Tara Grinstead disappeared from the small town of Ocilla, Georgia, and she has never been found. I graduated from high school in Ocilla, grew up 10 miles away, and I have covered her story as a newspaper reporter since the week of her disappearance. This is my examination of one particular clue in the case: A latex...

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Lex Luthor for President

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Imagine a world in which Lex Luthor ran for president of earth against Wonder Woman. Would it be that different than what is happening in America today?CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO SEE A LARGER VERSION.[gallery ids="206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217" type="columns"]Also, if you haven't heard it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQxTAmBH...

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Going ape over a gorilla

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Sometimes a tragedy is just a tragedy.This past weekend, a three-year old boy at a zoo in Cincinnati fell into a gorilla habitat and was dramatically dragged by the leg by a 450-pound gorilla. In order to protect the child, the zoo staff fatally shot the endangered primate. The boy escaped without serious injury.I’ve been astounded by the angry reactions of people.The most ridiculous reaction is from...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

America is Sick, Part IV: Paying to be Brainwashed

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So far I have examined the way people think through examining cognitive dissonance. I've also broached two of the problems contributing to America's sickness: Tribal mentality and incessant arguing, though I probably understated the pervasiveness of arguing in our society. It reaches all aspects of our lives, from politics to home.And it will continue. Why? Because there's profit in it.When it comes...

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When evidence is not in absence

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So this is one of my biggest pet peeves, when someone will not accept the truth even when presented with evidence. Look, we're all wrong about things, probably a lot of things. But when someone shows you definite, conclusive and contradictory evidence, you should change your mind, not just go with what feels right to you. For instance, for a long time I corrected people's usage of the word "citizen."...

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Nothing Compares 2 U: A Tribute to Prince

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I was never a huge Prince fan.By that I mean, I don't have Prince posters on my walls. I don't own all his albums. I never even once saw him in concert.But having said all that, how can anyone not be a Prince fan? I've enjoyed every song I've ever heard by him. I would like to take time to listen to more, and now that we've lost him, I think I'll take that time to sample some of the immortality he...

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Paranoia is the Dark Side of Imagination

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This is a song I originally wrote and composed around January 2015. "Paranoia is the Dark Side of Imagination."It is, if you think about it. Literally.Essentially, the song's title is meant to illustrate a Taoist principle. "What is a good man but a bad man's teacher, what is a bad man but a good man's job?" We think of paranoia as a "bad" thing, and yet it is a natural consequence of a...

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Saturday, April 2, 2016

My Home Invasion

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Let me tell you a bit about my home.It looks very much like a tornado ran through a Dr. Pepper factory, then a Marlboro plant and afterward both places were plundered by looters who thought the place looked too tidy.I am a slob. And it shows.Soda cans and empty boxes, of cigarettes and otherwise, litter my floor. Dirty laundry accumulates in piles which have their own weather patterns at the peaks....

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America is Sick, Part III: Tribal Mentality

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(This is a continuation of an essay examining the many ills of American society, as I see them, and hopefully some solutions to them as well).What I have done so far is to attempt to write persuasively, to attempt to sway people to see the light, at least, the light as I see it.To attempt to persuade people, I try to appeal to their sense of reason and their empathy for other people. The problem with...

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Saturday, March 12, 2016

America is Sick, Part II: An Arena for Arguments

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(This is a continuation of an essay examining the many ills of American society, as I see them, and hopefully some solutions to them as well).If you use social media, you may have noticed Facebook and other social media are often filled with arguments. Even before Facebook and Twitter and comments sections on news sites turned the internet into an arena for arguments, the rise of specialized sites...

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Monday, March 7, 2016

America is Sick, Part I: Cognitive Dissonance

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America is sick.I mean that there is an illness in American culture. Three years ago, I was hopeful about the future and held a positive attitude about my nation. I even wrote a newspaper column refuting those who believed the times were so woeful. But over the past two years, I have seen that belief that our society was an improvement on the past completely dissolve.There have been three main factors...

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Friday, March 4, 2016

Trump's Tower

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March 4, 2016.I wish I was a stand-up comedian today.I don't know if you heard, but last night, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump assured the crowd at a nationally televised debate that his "little fella" wasn't so little at all. That means the Donald Jr. was probably the fifth biggest dick on the stage last night.Already twice this week, Trump has backtracked on things he's said. First,...

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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Musings

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These are some of the musings I've made in the past few years (actually mostly from the past year): "I've always believed in fighting for the rights of minorities, but I never knew that "sensible people" would be a minority whose rights I would need to fight for." In response to a blizzard hitting the east coast: "Most of the east coast looks like that scene from Star Wars Episode VIII where...

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Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Contents of Facebook

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To save what sanity I have left and stop being angry so often, I stopped following those people who are always complaining about people with different skin colors than theirs, those who splatter Facebook with nonsensical political memes and those who think animals have psychic powers... and now my Facebook feed is as boring as watching paint dry.So here are the things I see people sharing on Facebook:They...

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