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DEAD RECKONING: Revenge is Best Served Cold — in a Big Gulp Cup
James Faulk / Feb. 7, 2016, 8:24 a.m. / Dead Reckoning
… if this was a scar from nervous tick bites. We feared him. We hated him. We avoided him. And since he was seldom in class, or anywhere else outside the prison walls surrounding his home, it was mostly a simple task …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Pluck o’ the Irish
James Tressler / Aug. 30, 2015, 8:26 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… , the barman, a guy named Milan, used to stand behind the bar getting steadily soaked over shots of rum or slivovice. He was generally a mean sonofabitch, owing to his drinking. He hated the customers …
Humboldt State Student Detained for ‘Bomb Threat’ Apparently Delivered Via Anonymous Social Media App
Hank Sims / April 13, 2015, 12:55 p.m. / HSU
… of Yik Yak on American colleges campuses, where, the paper notes, the app seems to have become the delivery vehicle of choice for threats and hate speech. Quoth The Times: Since the app was introduced …
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: What a Week in Politics!
Matthew Owen / Sept. 9, 2014, 2:59 p.m. / Guest Opinion , In the Middle
… Bill Maher or hate Bill Maher. There ain’t much in the middle. Early in his routine he talks about politics, “There are two political parties here in the United States. One party …
INTRODUCING: Outpost Election Central! Your Election Season Just Got LoCO.
Hank Sims / March 18, 2014, 11:03 a.m. / Elections
… . These things are very lightly screened, because we don't want to waste candidates' time with all the standard LoCO commentariat in-jokes, flights of fancy and hate speech. We want good questions. But oh …
Letter from Istanbul: At the May Day Demonstration
James Tressler / May 5, 2013, 7:29 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… , the socialists really hate him because he wants to get rid of our constitution and make a new one full of his own ideas.” Leftist groups in general in Turkey, I'd observed, generally regard the prime …
Politics from the Pulpit?
Kym Kemp / Sept. 25, 2008, 1:01 p.m. / News , Our Culture , photo
… restrictions on political speech from the pulpit. I hate their politics but… I don't want any church, with me or against me politically, to have their speech restricted. I may think it impolite …