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The Death Penalty is Too Light a Sentence
It’s life without any autonomy that’s hard.
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A Blanket Apology to Everyone on Earth
Please forgive us, individually, even if you cannot forgive us collectively.
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That’s Bill Cosby’s name now.
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An Unfinished Internet Story
The story itself is sick and twisted, but the fact that no one bothered to follow up on it is even more revealing.
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On Being Someone’s Person
My dog Quagmire is hysterically clingy. That’s partly due to his breeding—Dachshunds can be that way. But it’s also partly due to all that he’s been through in his life. He was found dirty and starving and wandering the streets. He spent a lot of time in dog rescue facilities, which, despite their best intentions,…
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The Marijuana Miracle Myth
First of all, let me say for the record that I genuinely believe that marijuana should be legalized. I live in a state where it happens to be legal, and lo and behold, the earth continues to revolve around the sun, and society as we know it has not come to a screeching halt. I…
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The Life Penalty
As sick as I am right now with the head cold from hell, death sounds very appealing to me. Please put me out of my misery. Please. Sure, I know that in a few days (God willing) I’ll be feeling better and my attitude will change. But right now, I’d dearly love to shuffle off…