Category: national
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Sensibility and Sense
She Rides Shotgun was better than expected but ultimately unsatisfying. Polly is approached after school by a seeming stranger, who is her biological father, and recently released inmate, Nate. Nate wants to protect her from the gang that has already killed Polly’s mother and step-father, and that is searching for them, by taking her to…
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A Better Response?
WBEZ as was predicted held a pop-up fundraiser this week. This station and National Public Radio have been citing the $1.1 billion loss to their member stations. This money had already been authorized for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and included in member station budgets, but Congress at Trump’s request eliminated this funding as a…
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Play Ball
Baseball begins again today. The All-Star break for many fans is the unofficial halfway point in the season. The actual midway point at least for the Chicago Cubs came fifteen games earlier. The Cubs entered the break in the NL Central first place. This team also has the second-best NL record, and the third-best of…