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farzana-versey's picture
Oct.14.2012
If Mo Yan had chosen to live in a swanky hideout in the nowhere space offered as asylum, there would be much jubilation over his being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. Instead, he lives in China, was educated in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) school. He is the bad guy, not...
steven-robert-travers's picture
Mar.04.2012
In October, 1949, the world turned on its head. The United States (along with the Soviets, the British, and our other Allies, namely the Canadians and the Australians) had defeated Germany and Japan in an amazing show of military might. It was a two-front war against massively powerful opponents,...
edmund-jenks's picture
May.01.2009
The crowd gathered for the Tax Day Tea Bag event held on the front steps of the Glendale, CA City Hall. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2009) May Day - Not Just For The Undocumented Anymore Ever feel a little left out of the modern day festivities that surround the first day in the month of May? There...