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It's a Big World Out There
Here's Recommended Reading
2017


I wanted to call this page "The Daily Read," but I know myself too well. If it were truly a daily read, I'd need to post a link every day to some worthy piece of writing. Finding such a piece would be easy. I often find myself thinking "I wish I'd written that" during my perusal of news sites on the internet. However, posting to the site every single day is not my long suit so I've settled on the less promising "Recommended Reading." We'll see how it goes. 
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12/31/17: "If This Is America"
12/30/17:
"Was 2017 the end of something or just the beginning?"
​12/29/17: "Guidelines for news-watching and staying sane in 2018"
12/28/17: "The Big Picture: How We Got Into this Mess and How We Get Out Of It" 
(A "must see" video on Robert Reich's Facebook page which will not only entertain, but help you understand the dynamics of what has happened to us in less than 7 minutes.) 
12/27/17: "My New Year's Wish for Trump"
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12/26/17: "Loud banging, foot pain, and flashes of light - my eight minutes as a dementia patient" 
12/25/17: "A Christmas gift: Stories of bridges across the divide"
12/24/17: "'I hope I can quit working in a few years': A preview of the U.S. without pensions"
12/23/17: "17 good things that happened in 2017" 
12/22/17: "The Age of Betrayal is Back"
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12/21/17:  "'He's not weak, is he?': Inside Trump's quest to alter the judiciary"
12/20/17: "The Republican tax bill was the easy part. The next debate could be much uglier."
12/19/17: "Americans have a much bigger concern than taxes."
12/17/17: "A first-grade class wrote letters to Santa. One girl asked for food and a blanket."
(Call me a bleeding heart, but when I read stories like the one referenced above and then see what Congress is doing to satisfy the greed of the wealthy in this country, I alternate between sadness and fury. Someone once said, “Justice is what love looks like in public.” No love, no justice, no shame in what the Republicans are doing with the current tax bill. Read this article and try not to weep.) ​
12/16/17: "The final GOP tax bill is complete. Here's what is in it."
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12/15/17: "The GOP tax bill may be the worst piece of legislation in modern history."
12/14/17: "This sick woman's friends have kept their promise to visit her every weekday--for 21 years and counting"
12/13/17: "Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with 'dopamine-driven feedback loops'"
12/12/17: "The Trump administration's tax 'report' reads like fan fiction"
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12/11/17: "How do you use an anonymous source? The mysteries of journalism everyone should know"
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​12/10/17: "Five myths about Alabama"
​12/09/17: "The one best idea for ending sexual harassment"
​12/07/17: "The Supreme Court must protect a baker's unpopular speech"
​12/06/17: "The Supreme Court cake case has an easy answer"
12/05/17:  "How the Republicans Broke Congress" ​

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