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Jose Padua: Gas Station

When the middle-aged guy at the next gas pump sees me cleaning my windshield and says, “Oh, I should ask you to clean my own windshield” I could give him … Continue reading

September 2, 2014 · Leave a comment

David M. Perry: Ferguson and the cult of compliance

When the police won’t take no for an answer… The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, set off by a policeman’s shooting of an unarmed black teen last week, appear to be … Continue reading

August 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

Video: America’s prisons are broken. Just ask John Oliver and several puppets.

America has more people in prison than any country in the history of the world. How could things have gone so wrong?

July 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

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