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Three, four, knock at the door

by Stella

I’m one of those liberals who likes to reject criminal stereotypes. Although I present as a prissy white middle class woman who might be obsessed by the murder of Laci Peterson while ignoring the thousands of women of color who are victims of crime, I’m not. I hate that Nancy Grace-style racism and […]

Thursday playlist: Eyes open, eyes shut

by Miller

Múm – “They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhS-csU0k1U

Bat for Lashes – “What’s a Girl to Do”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8

José González – “Down the Line”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7z–L9Yd1k

Fields – “Song for the Fields”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPaXlueW0bs

The Chemical Brothers – “Do it Again”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xidZW3×8AGo

Kanye West – “Can’t Tell Me Nothin’”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpwgYsYWwdc

I’m always fascinated by the choices that a band and/or director makes when translating songs into video. […]

Hungary

by Ruben Mancillas

( Conflict and Death and Family )

We have a new house. I have my typical liberal identity issues but seem to have successfully fought past these as I gaze approvingly at the new 50” flat screen in the room off of our open kitchen. Did you know that you’re supposed to “break in” a plasma? The first 100 […]

The problem with doctors

by Dave Barber

( Health )

So last week, Annie’s post on Ten Ironies and Truisms of the ER got picked up by Digg.com, a site where users nominate articles they find on the web and the most popular ones get exposure on the front page of the site (or something like that — I don’t use Digg, so I have […]

Ten things to remember when chasing down a burglar

by Farrell Fawcett

On a Saturday morning a few weeks ago we awoke to the sound of an ominous crash coming from the house next door. It sounded like glass breaking. Something was wrong. Our neighbor’s house had been unoccupied for the past month since she went to live with family after her 93 year […]