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Ramadan, Amaan, and me

Amaan runs the gas station and convenience store on 12th Street. Every day, working people in trucks from the surrounding industrial area use Amaan’s pumps to fill their tanks. Diesel, regular, premium. When I was working for an ornamental and structural construction firm in the bottoms, we pulled the trucks…

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Bleak, sure, but so much fun

Kick back. Relax. The show will be fun. With the Donald Trump’s assumption of the presidency, the future looks dim to many who once dreamed of a diverse, multi-cultural republic, where myriad views were tolerated and people of color played a role in the maturing of the American spirit. The…

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Donald Trump is a maniac, and he has the hydrogen bomb!

Screw it. I was writing an essay that got away from me. It turned into only two half-essays, both of which, without extra work, are tubs of garbage. So I turn to the president-elect. A reader asked me to pen my thoughts on our new leader. I have hesitated because,…

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