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cautiously pessimistic: If, for example, a bad guy – like, say, a Charles Manson or a Jeffrey Dahmer – is injured but not doing that badly, doctors might say, “Well, unfortunately, he’s doing okay. So, right now, we’re just cautiousl... More »
By Jessie Seigel It was eleven o’clock at night. I was sitting alone in the one-room office of the Podunk Herald. This newspaper’s one newshound (myself) had just finished yet another article on a recent rash of bank robberies in our fair burgh, and I was ... More »
By Kenneth Langer 11 February 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. Following massive protests in the United States and around the world, President Trump has rescinded his ban on immigrants from seven Muslim countries. In its place, he has issued a new Executive Order (EO) ba... More »