The Last Word

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July 16-20, 2018

“Inscrutable, argent agent of the crepuscular” — To what does Rebecca refer? Find out in the poem she wrote this week.

Guest Robin Mejia reminds us that child abduction by the state has a history, and in El Salvador the legacy has been an enduring solidarity among victims and the equally enduring struggle for reunification.

As if local newspapers weren’t in bad enough trouble, the new paper tariffs against Canada have caused newsprint prices to explode, forcing Christie’s local paper to move online.

Before you start saying something crazy happened—and before it even has a chance to happen—decide on your base rate probabilities, says guest Julie Rehmeyer whose cat came back, the very same day.

What does the practice of counting sheep as a way to fall asleep have in common with the nursery rhyme Hickory, Dickory, Dock? I’ll tell you.

 

Image: Julie’s beautiful cat.

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