I am Venessa Guillen
By Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early Two years ago, city hall plaza in our...
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Category: Story
A Civil War Story
Far too many folks on the left these days seem unable to find anything good to say about the...
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Bob Baldock — A truly righteous man
As a young man Bob Baldock traveled to Cuba during the early stages of that nation’s...
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Bill Clinton Superstar at Pier 23
On a warm afternoon in San Francisco, three Secret Service agents—inconspicuous if not for white...
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an autumn day
A young couple held hands as they strolled into the open arms of an outdoor cafe, one bordered...
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Tecum Umán
Ana and Manuel followed a dirt road beside el rió Suchiate—the river that separates Guatemala from...
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Patriotism Betrayed: Reflections of a Military Parent
In many ways, my son is the “All American Kid”. He played little league and soccer. He was a Boy...
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Paul Smith’s Surprise
Pemberville, Ohio 1910 Emma Smith was a teetotaler. She did not approve of liquor and thought it...
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A Day at the Russian River
FIFTY-FOUR or more brown pelicans squat on a sand bar where at this time of day the Russian River...
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All Hell Is About To Break Loose
Met a carpenter in a parkin lot who had spent the day lookin for work, didn’t have no job,...
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Jesse Chuy Varela — the interview
Jesse Chuy Varela is Music Director at KCSM Jazz Radio, the WORLD’s premier jazz station,...
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Report From El Salvador Part 2
“I Don’t Trust Politicians” (This is the second part of three penned in 1997...
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