Category: on our Nation
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Batman & Bullets
“Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.” —Bertolt Brecht I’m only mildly anxious that my teenager is heading out to The Dark Knight. Colorado is 2,000 miles away and security is heightened–everywhere. Even as far away as Morocco, Facebook friends are talking about it. Some say…
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My Favorite Republicans
(On election day, I can’t help but think back to our 2008 canvassing in neighboring New Hampshire.) A tall vibrant man in a flannel shirt held back his dog, but only slightly, asking if we were Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons. When the four of us answered “No”(on both accounts) from behind car doors, he told…
Kelly Salasin 