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Guest post by Abacus Reveals
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As a child, I was a weedy little sneak and didn't get on too well with
my classmates who were always calling me names and bullying me, I was
glad when I left school and made f...
There is a disturbing thing which can occur when we’re faced with
death on such a large scale as that which occurs in war or disasters.
A group of individuals can be reduced...
Nearly 2,500 days ago, expectations ran high as the Obama presidency
began. Hailed as an epochal event, the nation's first black commander
in chief launched his "fundamental t...
It’s a new year—and with it comes 12 months’ worth of upcoming
movies to get excited about. Rather than doing a conventional rundown
of all the big potential blockbuster...
this is the seventeenth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series
[http://bookcritics.org/blog/category/second-thoughts], curated by
Daniel Akst. More about this series, ...
Now seven years into the great recession of 2008, there is no respite
in sight for the American working class. Yet while much of the economy
and people are afflicted by the co...
Meg Ryan made her directorial debut in "Ithaca," which was shot in
2014 in Petersburg, Va. There is an amendment for $1.2 million
additional funding for the Governor's Motion ...
It is finally here. The thing politicos and newswatchers have been
looking forward to with either anticipation or dread for nigh on a
year: presidential primary season.
All ...
Tehran (AFP) Jan 1, 2016 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has
denounced possible new US sanctions on his country which could
jeopardise a hard-won nuclear deal due to be fin...
On January 5, 1916, the First World War was well and truly under way
and the first military conscription bill in the history of the United
Kingdom was introduced by then Prime...
For Cubans, January 1, 1959, marks the "triumph of the revolution."
That day revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro gained state power. Today
socialist Cuba seems to stand alone,...