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Corn Juice for the Masses

March 5, 2010
By Editors
Corn Juice for the Masses

Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31 Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep...
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Face Value

February 27, 2010
By Editors
Face Value

The Nanjing Galaxy Yacht Club floats securely in the yellowish, turbid water of the Yangtze River. The neighborhood - in the northwest of the city, far from the Ming Dynasty wall - is mostly industrial. Not far upstream is the famous Yangtze River Bridge, a dark, ominous shape stretching across the water....
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New Year Predictions

February 15, 2010
By Editors
New Year Predictions

The niu year has now passed. While it may be inauspicious to go digging up old news and past grudges, a quick rummaging through our archives has revealed a few loose tigers, so to speak, which deserve a bit of the spotlight on this festive day. And perhaps they can help us...
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The Long Lost Vestments of American Reason

February 9, 2010
By Editors
The Long Lost Vestments of American Reason

Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 68 In the dark corner of a far away forlorn church stand these three forgotten souls. Bruised, dirty, chipped and abandoned they doze like wallflowers in the shadows as patrons play hooky for every reason but lack of sin. In their bright vestments creased with dust the...
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What My Student Gave Me: an unabridged journal entry

February 3, 2010
By Editors
What My Student Gave Me: an unabridged journal entry

May 20, 2008 - Yichang, China "Dazed morning at the primary school, raspy voice trying to read a book about butterflies over the constant murmurs of the students. One of my students, the one with the possessed eyes, has now given me a little 'present' - twice now. Actually, today before class...
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Breakfast of Survivors

January 28, 2010
By Editors
Breakfast of Survivors

No, the four different bread products aligned so neatly on the plate is no mistake. That - along with a cup of lukewarm tea and some soft cheese - is what you eat for breakfast after a night on a rickety train sailing south into Upper Egypt. That is all a stomach...
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Traces of Decline: Guns in Schools

January 13, 2010
By Editors
Traces of Decline: Guns in Schools

(Flexing teenager on his snowmobile speaking to another teenager): “Hey Bobby, got tickets?.. To the Gun Show!” Bobby: “You Betcha! See you in the gym.” “Fun for everyone.” This ad was printed on the front page of the Sunday edition of Alaska’s largest newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News: At least they’re encouraging the kids to read.
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The Pilgrims and the Potato Farmer

December 10, 2009
By Editors
The Pilgrims and the Potato Farmer

They came over the hills and to a crossroads. It was hot, dry farmland, with vineyards and sunflowers spreading out every direction. The pilgrims carried mochilas on their sweating backs, and were tired from travel. They were also a little dazed from the Spanish sun. At the crossroads they paused and considered....
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