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@hope-k Sep 24, 2019, 12:39 AM UTC

A Review of Permanent Record By Edward Snowden

By Hope Kesselring Anybody who’s expecting shocking revelations from Edward Snowden’s new book, Permanent Record, is going to be disappointed. However, if you’re interested in spy culture like I am,…

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@hope-k Aug 22, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

Fifty Shades of Epstein

By Hope Kesselring I’ve never been a big fan of the genre, but when someone recently told me I could self-publish erotic romance novels for money, I did check out the situation. A few weeks ago, half…

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@hope-k Feb 20, 2019, 1:23 AM UTC

War Criminals Anonymous

A Play in One Act by Hope Kesselring Characters: Ned Diamond (Former Assistant Secretary of State, in his sixties, wearing a WCA T-shirt and camouflage shorts.) Michelle Cardiff (CIA officer, about 4…

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@hope-k Nov 15, 2018, 11:39 PM UTC

I Called the Ecuadorian Embassy and This Is What Happened

By Hope K I came to WikiLeaks late. I remember reading about them, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assange, and I thought, good on them. But it was far away, and I was busy with local issues. I had been…

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@hope-k Nov 10, 2018, 6:16 PM UTC

I Propose Americans Wear Gas Pumps on Veteran's Day

Poppy, Northern New Mexico, USA By Hope K In the Commonwealth of Nations, the people get to wear poppies on Remembrance Day. I’m jealous. Poppies are beautiful. In the United States, we get military…

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@hope-k Nov 3, 2018, 6:25 PM UTC

The People vs Artificial Intelligence

The afternoon sun peeks over the roof of a seed company warehouse in Cash, Arkansas, where the Ledgerwood family lives. By Hope K In the fertile Arkansas Delta lies a small town called Cash. Its name…

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@hope-k Oct 26, 2018, 3:13 PM UTC

Book Review: High Magick by Damien Echols

By Hope K If I were to pick one word to sum up Damien Echols’ new book, High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death Row, I would choose “empowerment.” And if you’re do…

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@hope-k Oct 21, 2018, 5:42 PM UTC

Does Elizabeth Warren Know What ᏣᎳᎩ Means?

By Hope K Senator Elizabeth Warren got tired of being called “Pocahontas” for claiming to be Cherokee and took a DNA test. I’d like to give her a test. What does “ᏣᎳᎩ” mean? Last summer my mother and…

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@hope-k Oct 16, 2018, 2:04 AM UTC

The Milagro of Romero's Sainthood

By Hope K Lately when you read the news about the Catholic Church, it’s really bad. But on October 15, the Pope canonized a truly remarkable person, Oscar Romero. This is a saint whose life you shoul…

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@hope-k Oct 13, 2018, 1:17 AM UTC

The Cap, Kanye, and the Constitution

By Hope K Rumor has it that Columbia College in Chicago was the last school Kanye West briefly attended before he released his debut album The College Dropout. Though I didn’t drop out, I went there,…

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