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LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HATE CRIMES DESK — DUTY LOG, 08/19/2012 4:05PM. Margaret Willoughby, Big Creek. Called to report some kids knocked over her mailbox with a baseball bat and wanted to know was that a hate crime. Informed her it was not. She explained that mailbox contained fundraising letter …
The soup hadn’t even been served yet and dinner was already turning into a disaster. I’d sent out the invitations months beforehand; spent a fortune on them, too. Nothing like the fortune I’d spent on promotion and marketing, of course; but the money I’d be getting back from the TV …
“Critics (of books or drama) often use two rather singular arguments. The first consists in suddenly deciding that the true subject of criticism is ineffable, and criticism, as a consequence, unnecessary. The other, which also reappears periodically, consists in confessing that one is too stupid, too unenlightened to understand a …
And now, another exciting installment in the thrilling adventures of Veronica Crowe, Expounding Detective! When we last left our intrepid girl gumshoe, she had paid a call on the sinister Dr. Song, who spun her a yarn about the existence of a buried treasure, until Ronnie, in the course of …
When I woke up yesterday, I found myself in the latest of a wearyingly long series of go-nowhere arguments with a handful of folks who believe that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is a multiple rapist, and that he, and by extension the organization he founded, should be nothing …
When I was young, and I was spending every penny I could scrape together on new comics at the 7-11 and older stuff at thrift stores and bookshops, I knew who the best artist was — the one who seemed like he was working and thinking a few steps ahead of …
September 2 Dearest Annie, Last night was a bad one. We were on a recon run out by Sector 22, scouting out the new gun emplacements, when the Reds spotted us. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been — they didn’t have air support or armor — but …
With the selection of union-busting oenophile Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential candidate, the mystery of which wealthy Caucasian ideologue will stand next to him clapping for the next four months is over, and we can relax and enjoy the two make fools of themselves until whatever ridiculous decision the …
Comic books, it is safe to say, made me who I am today. Though I was an unusually literate child, reading above my grade level practically from the time I learned to read, I never enjoyed anything as much as I did superhero comics. I devoured them from my early …
Born: 1969. The book: 1921. The movie: 1946. The music: 1984. The moment: 1871. The look: 1988. The food: 1929. The drink: 1825. The car: 1974. The drive: 1934. The show: 2002. The obsession: 1939. The game: 2000. The country: 1776. The dream: 1968. The art: 1884. The leader: 1932. …
It’s no secret that the way to handle a feudalistic society of the sort America’s ruling class wants to return us to is to keep the public voting against their own economic interests. And you do that by designing a social and educational system that keeps them pig-ignorant. But the …
What is patriotism now, and how do we get rid of it? And what do we put in its place, if anything? The word is politically incorrect, of course. Patria – pater – father. So where is Mom? Didn’t she help Dad turn the American wilderness into a cement desert, bright …
I don’t believe in any organized religion, and I’m against prescriptivism in general, so the Ten Commandments can go pound sand as far as I’m concerned. But here’s a decalogue I wish I’d taken less time to learn: I. Be careful about anyone who says they’re doing something “for your …
Okay, I know this is probably a tired observation and all that, but forgive me, I haven’t slept in four days. WHY I HATE ‘CREATIVE’ PEOPLE, CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED BILLION Watching the Olympics reminds me of something that’s been true since the dawn of competitive athletics: you don’t have to …
