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Quitting Facebook: isolating, yet oddly freeing

I decided that using Facebook might have been adding to my re-emerging feelings of depression.

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Giving thanks as a Native American

Every year at this time I wonder why we, as American Indians, bother to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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Are we prepared for the zombie apocalypse? Actually, yes

Only hindsight bias insists that the signs of every unlikely catastrophe were always there.

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OK, Democrats, don’t flunk your first test

Let’s see if they can avoid getting dragged underwater by a messy election of party leaders.

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Rural America’s revival begins on campus

All across America, university towns are thriving.

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Advice to presidential hopefuls: Tell the truth

It doesn’t matter that the story about the cherry tree was a myth. What matters is that it…

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Amazon’s missed opportunity: failing to put part of HQ2 in a red state

When the company was looking for a second headquarters, it made diversity a key issue.

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Blame McCain for midterm results? Find a better scapegoat, Republicans

McCain’s July 2017 vote against Republican legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, Rep. Jason Lewis argues, deprived Republicans…

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Daily World Editorial: Hiring a city admin would be worth it

As the Aberdeen City Council reviews the budget and looks for savings, it might be tempted to look…

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Ah, the America of my childhood — so full of bunk and bigotry

In the America of my childhood, the Crayola box contained a crayon labeled “flesh.”

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Here’s why Trump might not want to stand for re-election

About six months ago, a friend and I were talking about the 2020 presidential elections when he shared…

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Adoptees deserve to know their origins

One year ago, I paid Facebook a dollar to send a message to a woman I didn’t know.

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How gerrymandering can reduce the partisan divide

One of the reasons well-educated districts exist, at least in the suburbs, is because they were drawn intentionally…