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Growing a Life Worth Living

Max Mackay

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by Max Mackay Each day that I wake up begins with a sigh. Rolling out of bed in the afternoon, I feed my cats and walk outside. I sit, watch the birds, and enjoy some cannabis. ...

Army having difficulty recruiting

Noel Ignatiev

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Facing low recruitment levels, the U.S. Army quietly lifted its ban on allowing people with a history of mental illness, self-mutilation and drug abuse to serve in the military โ€“ despite warnings from the industry about ...

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Cocaine, Kanye West and Shitty Jobs

Zhandarka Kurti

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by Zhandarka Kurtiย  Around this time last year, I met Mike, a black man in his mid 40s, in the offices of a non-profit organization working with formerly incarcerated people. Its offices are located in a ...

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Why He Did It

John Garvey

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by John Garvey The authorities and the media sometimes seem more annoyed and frustrated at Stephen Paddock because they can’t figure out why he did it than they are about him killing 58 people and wounding ...

BOTH KINDS

Kingsley Clarke

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By Kingsley Clarke Adel, Iowa 1986 Frankly, I cannot recall whether or not I have actuallyย had a Bud Light. In 1986 I went back to Adel, Iowa, for my twenty-fifth high school class reunion. Adel was ...

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People Simply Empty Out

John Garvey

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In 1969, publisherย John Martinย offered to payย Charles Bukowskiย $100 each and every month for the rest of his life, on one condition: that he quit his job at the post office and become a full-time writer. 49-year-old Bukowski ...

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Hard Crackers Event

Noel Ignatiev

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Hard Crackers Event: Sunday, September 17, 2017 ย  Hard Crackersย is honored to be hosting David Ranney for a reading from his book-length memoir, still in manuscript form, titled Outside In and Inside Out: Living and Working ...
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