Commentary

Naming the Birds
There is something healthy in teaching people that the grand principles of the U.S. experiment in democracy are built on a foundation of death and destruction.
Michael Bettencourt

Thai Franca
In the Kingdom of Thailand, English is prevalent…
not quite a second language, but spread throughout
signage and labeling.
Arthur Danin Adler

A Hand
Last time she worked a paid job
full-time admin
a morning of furious data entry
Claudine Jones

The Sad Last Days
Clint Eastwood has "signaled" that's he's too old for aging gracefully in front of a camera. Afterall he's 91 years old and has had a hell of a career. 
Les Marcott

Best Laid Schemes
Imagine an alternate history in which Robert Burns, having failed as a poet, forswears his literary ambitions and instead goes to Jamaica to take a position at a slave plantation.
Gregory Luce

My Three Greatest Americans
George Washington is the greatest American for a few simple reasons and several complicated and altogether surprising ones.
Patrick Walsh

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