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NY Times Countries
23-Dec-18 Graphics, History, Imagery, Meaningful Labor, Memes, New York, New York City, New York Times, News Media, Professionalism, Random Shots, Society, View

118 Years of NYTimes Focus Countries

Whew. Long title, fabulously fascinating graphic.

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Steve Bell political cartoon on the Jamal Khashoggi crisis
20-Oct-18 Around the World, Great Britain, Grief, Random Shots, Saudi Arabia, Torture

Tragically Brilliant

Steve Bell’s ‘toons for The Guardian are always brilliant. But «in this one», he’s surpassed himself.

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Photo of Bill Schock
25-Jun-18 Bill Schock, Braniff Flight 250, Braniff International Airlines, Deadly Turbulence, Falls City, Grief, History, Loss, Meaningful Labor, Nebraska, Pioneers, Professionalism, Quotable, Reciprocal Affection, Touchy Feely, Up in the Air, Weather

For Bill

Back in 2014, I included a chapter in my book detailing Bill Schock’s war experiences as they related to his reporting on the crash of Braniff International flight 250 in 1966.

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Photo of Bill Schock
25-Jun-18 Braniff Flight 250, Deadly Turbulence, Falls City, Grief, History, Loss, Meaningful Labor, Memories, Mound City, Nebraska, News Media, Pioneers, Professionalism, Quotable, Reciprocal Affection, Rulo, Touchy Feely, United States, Up in the Air

A Final “Hangin’ Out the Warsh”

«This is Bill’s final column» out of countless ones he wrote over 71 years for the Falls City Journal. With

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B-17 bomber in blue sky background
25-Jun-18 Braniff Flight 250, Deadly Turbulence, Falls City, Grief, History, Loss, Mound City, Nebraska, Pioneers, Professionalism, Reciprocal Affection, Rulo, Society, United States, Up in the Air

More Grief

This is kind of like how I feel about my (possibly four) upcoming surgeries: I don’t want to do this,

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19-Jan-13 Uncategorized

The political consequences of academic paywalls

The political consequences of academic paywalls “The suicide of Aaron Swartz, the activist committed to making scholarly research accessible to

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