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Why I Voted For Obama, and Trump
In 2008, voting for Barack Obama was a clear decision to me. At the time, America was emerging from two-terms of George W. Bush, Ground...

Jason James Barry
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Blame it on Reno: A NoCal Volleyball Tourney Journey
Nothing throws off an ambling wanderer like being stuck, isolated in a hotel. Welcome to Grand Sierra Resort, the place that doesn’t want...

Jason James Barry
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Memes, With Trolls Waiting to Pounce
There was a time, not long ago, when someone said something in passing and said it to an actual person — and that essentially was that....

The Longview Essays | Jason James Barry
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The MLK Dream Revisited
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr… The need for his words rings truer and louder now, in times when divides by race have been grasped and...

GPR Editorial
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Big South Tourney Journey | Coffee Edition
With some time to kill before volleyball today, with the internet in the hotel room not working, with my daughter having saved half of...

GPR Traveler
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KC Volleyball Tourney Journey — Lunch Edition | Special to Calinfluence
Mildred’s, For Breakfast at Lunch: Day 2 in Kansas City brought a late start, but a full day of volleyball games. The team convened in...

Calinfluence
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Kohberger: Comparisons to a Serial Killer
There is the impulse to compare suspected murderer Bryan Kohberger to reputed 1970s serial killer Ted Bundy. As facts bear out, we may...

Jason James Barry
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