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Active Shooter Drills: The New Duck and Cover
When these drills are conducted, the kindergarteners are just terrified.
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Why the Ukrainians Are Fighting So Hard: Remembering the Holodomor Genocide
Somewhere between 3.8 million and 10 million Ukrainians died during Holodomor.
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We. Are. CLUELESS.
Most Americans can’t be bothered to care about Ukraine.
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Happy Birthday, Estonia!
If any country deserves a piece of cake, it’s this one.
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Kolyma
A horrible part of human history that I knew nothing about.
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Sápmi
Was this a country I never heard of? How is that even possible?
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Civil Trade War
So now Trump thinks Canada is a security risk? Oh, come on. Those people won’t even jaywalk at an intersection. Seriously. There could be no cars for miles, and they’d still patiently wait for the crossing signal. Trump imposing tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and the European Union is like walking up to your three best…
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Feeling Helpless About Syria
Unless you live in a cave somewhere, you know what’s going on in Aleppo, Syria right now. And if you’re like me, you’re feeling pretty darned helpless about it. People are being slaughtered and I’m looking at my empty guest room. I’d take them all in if I could. I’d stack ‘em up like cordwood.…
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Bone Records
I heard an amazing story on NPR’s All Things Considered the other day. Apparently in the 1950’s in Russia, censorship was so fully in effect that you couldn’t get Western rock n’ roll music. Even being in possession of such music could send you to prison. Censorship in all its forms tends to backfire. When…
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The Doukhobors
It’s amazing what you can learn by randomly surfing through Youtube. Today I was once again presented with the uncomfortable truth that there is a heck of a lot that I don’t know. It’s also an exciting truth, because I love it when my horizons are broadened, and there’s a world of potential out there.…