Part-time Barrista

Letter to a dear semi-conservative friend, in an attempt at moderation regarding present day politics

October 1, 2011
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Hey lady, How are you? How’s that beautiful baby boy of yours? I’m good. I had to write because I just read “The Romance of Tristan” for class and it was amazing, yet also horrible, and now I have all these thoughts about the world that I just can’t get a handle on. But...

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Un Ratito en Sudamerica

August 1, 2011
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Ecuador has seven types of corn. On some level I knew this, because I’ve been eating quite a lot of it, but I didn’t actually find this out for sure until today, when my host brother confirmed the contents of the special drink my host mom is making for breakfast tomorrow. I’m not a...

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Liberal hawkishness? And other tales of terror from the death of Osama bin Ladin

June 1, 2011
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Osama bin Laden is dead. He is dead, and I am happy about it. I’ve weighed my reaction and tried to be circumspect. Have I suddenly gone alarmingly hawkish? Am I simply more centrist than I thought? And, in a more convoluted train of thought: should I take the approach some vegetarians do and...

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The Dangling Conversation

April 1, 2011
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In a last-ditch effort to maintain some kind of sanity in the wake of the horrible events in Japan, the uprising in Libya, the union-busting in Wisconsin, and the teacher-bashing everywhere, I’ve been watching The West Wing. Honestly? It’s not helping my sense of reality. Real life looks more like Independence Day, not A...

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