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Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Portrait of the Artist as a Criminal
Max Harris didn’t cause the warehouse fire in which 36 people died, yet he’s being held responsible for it.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Being a Teenage Girl is Hard
Nobody in their families can understand them, OK?
Posted inStory
The Final Five Percent
If traumatic brain injuries can impact the parts of the brain responsible for personality, judgment, and impulse control, maybe injury should be a mitigating factor in criminal trials — but one neuroscientist discovers that assigning crime a biological basis creates more issues than it solves.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Price of Dominionist Theology
After leaving fundamentalism, Eve Ettinger grapples with the loaded theological heritage of evangelical personal finance teachings.
Posted inReading List
Alternative Reality: ‘Inferno in Paradise’
President Donald Trump has obliterated any notion of off-time for round-the-clock journalists, but it was still a relief to see that the alt-weeklies I read for this installment in my regular reading list were starting off the new year strong. The Chico News & Review, whose work I have previously highlighted here, can be forgiven, […]
Bundyville: The Remnant — Character List
These biographical sketches can be used as a tool to keep names and stories straight as you read or listen to Bundyville: The Remnant.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Drawing a Line in the Sand Over River Rights
A four-year battle over a tiny patch of river beach in Northern California Outillustrates the deep divide in how we perceive access rights to public lands
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Burned Where They Stood: The First Nine Hours of the California Wildfires
“There just aren’t enough firefighters in the West to fight that much fire.”
Posted inNonfiction
It’s Time To Talk About Solar Geoengineering
We need to start talking about seemingly drastic approaches to the climate crisis, such as sun-dimming aerosols, right now — or we risk losing democratic control of the process.
