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Syria and the mistake of promising too much
Image Source: Voice of America News, Wikimedia Syria’s bloody civil war has been an enigma since fighting erupted in March, 2011. Bashar Assad—Syria’s president—has turned the full force of his...
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Is Boston’s Clay Buchholz a Cheater?
Image Caption: CBSSports.com Full disclosure: I was born and raised in Boston and consider myself a Red Sox fan. While I do not believe this has impaired my judgement regarding this issue in a...
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T&P Goes to China: Mt. Everest
Image Credit: Tim Jackson This is the sixth in a seven part series about my travels in China. The seven parts, which follow the chronological order of my trip, are as follows: Departure, Beijing,...
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Flight
She turned her beautiful round pale face to me, her wild blonde hair whipping around her in the wind that was beginning to pick up as the storm moved closer. Suddenly fear grabbed my heart and...
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Their footsteps sounded heavy and clumsy on the
Their footsteps sounded heavy and clumsy on the splintered planks of the pier. The pier was lined with old discolored concrete benches and at the end there was a raised ledge that had a wooden railing...
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A Letter of Apology
We died. Sorry guys, we did. That’s why we haven’t written for two months. I’m sure you’re all sitting there thinking, ”There’s four of them, and none of them can stop playing Madden (because that’s...
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Filing
“A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J…” The drawer pulls open roughly as the papers inside stretch upwards and grab onto the roof of their dark enclosure. Their stickle-y fingers try to hold on and resist the...
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Salt and Lime
There’s salt and lime on my tongue but I can still taste you (you taste like supernova sweetness). I memorized you. And I remember us. I remember the feeling of having your life surrounding and...
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The moonless night knows me better than this.
The moonless night knows me better than this. Blind as it engulfs me in its blackness, encompassing every curve and seeping into every pore, my fear is apparent but ignored. Nothing can hurt me, yet I...
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Scotch
The sun had gone to sleep hours ago. He was just sitting on the sofa reading in his baggy pants without a shirt or socks and without a shower when he heard a soft knock on the door. He ignored it. Then...
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