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By David Philip Norris ~ This story begins with a boy, seven or eight years old, outside on a mid-summer day under a clear blue sky. He is peering down into a puddle. It had been raining the day before and there were many such muddy puddles all around...

  OPENING THIS WEEK Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 6, 2013     BIG BUDGET FILMS   Riddick (R for profanity, nudity, sexuality...

Truth Dig - Pentagon officials said during a Senate hearing on Authorization for the Use of Military Force, enacted by Congress in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, that the global war on terror could last up to 20 more years, and that its legal mandate gives...

Michael Sedano Invisibility, erasure, exclusion, subversion Today’s La Bloga-Tuesday marks two important occasions, one of immense joy, another of bitter frustration, yet… The first brings the joy of the month’s second La Bloga On-line Floricanto...

The Strib editorializes in favor of banning assault weapons: “This time, political leaders — and especially those who have historically opposed gun control — should come together and find common ground on at least one sensible step: A ban on assault...