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Phoebe A. Cirio: 22 July — A film that helps us understand a mass killing

22 July, a film currently streaming on Netflix, depicts the events that occurred on that day in 2011, when Anders Behring Breivik began a killing rampage in Norway. Breivik turned … Continue reading

November 27, 2018 · 2 Comments

Phoebe A. Cirio: A Tragic Failure to Communicate

 “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” Captain to Luke in Cool Hand Luke. I am a white, middle-aged woman, someone not likely to be regarded as a … Continue reading

September 23, 2016 · Leave a comment

Phoebe A. Cirio: Ideological Differences — The Bread and Circuses of the Current Era

My husband had surgery last week. As the dutiful wife, I accompanied him to the hospital with much reading material to occupy myself as I waited during his procedure.   Hospital … Continue reading

July 28, 2015 · Leave a comment

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