February 2012
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A Photographer’s Return to 19th-Century Tools and Life in a Cabin
John Coffer, a tintype photographer, has spent the past 25 years living a Thoreauvian existence in a cabin in New York. This beautifully shot documentary is one in a series of short films, This Must Be the Place, which explores the idea of home and the connection between people and their most personal spaces, by David Usui and Ben...
January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Buying your bird frozen and wrapped from the grocery store is a very different experience from seeing the live turkey on the farm, then slaughtering, butchering, and cooking it yourself. As a meat eater, I found this act to be very important. Watching animals die is never easy but at LTD Farm in Clayton, Wisconsin, farmers like Khaiti Khaleck honor each turkey’s life, making sure it is calm...
It is time for Oregon to consider a different approach. I refuse to be a part...
– Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s statement (pdf) about how he would refuse to sign the execution order for Gary Haugen and any other execution orders while in office.
October 2011
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Blitzen Trapper: Some Kind of Darkness (by The Other Journal)
Because she felt so strongly about Occupy Wall Street, Florida woman Stacy Hessler left her family in Florida to go to the protests in New York. Fox News calls Hessler worse than the rest of the “filth” at Occupy Wall Street and notes that she’s “clearly having a midlife crisis of some sort,” while suggesting that she’s having an extramarital affair with a...
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September 2011
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American Juggalo is a look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans who meet once a year for four days at The Gathering of the Juggalos. americanjuggalo.com veryapeproductions.com
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Could You Forgive the Man Who Shot You in The... →
In the days after 9/11, a Dallas man named Mark Stroman went on a revenge killing spree. Rais Bhuiyan survived and, a decade later, tried to stop Stroman’s execution.
He used to have 20/10 vision in both eyes, and he was a pilot in the Bangladeshi air force. That was before he came to America—to Texas—in pursuit of higher learning. Before a white supremacist lifted a shotgun to his face and...
Ron Paul's Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia,... →
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August 2011
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President Obama will also get beaten up for presiding over the first bond rating...
– Why Rick Perry is headed to the White House - CNN.com
July 2011
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Myspace is your best friend from high school who started smoking a lot of weed...
– Social Media, Explained « Thought Catalog
June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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