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Open Bar: Appreciation For Sacrifice

The student body sat rapt and respectful as the veterans talked about their experiences in the military, their motivations for…
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Open Bar: Do We Need A Cataclysm?

The tectonic plates of our fractured country shift and grind against each other.  The red-hot magma of our mutual anger…
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Open Bar: Reunited And It Feels So Good

Stepping off the plane at Hartsfield, the nostalgia hit me with almost as much force as the humidity.  I was…
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Open Bar: Put Your Problems In Context

You sit bolt upright, clocking that you set your phone alarm for 6pm instead of 6am.  Dawn patrol is no…
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Open Bar: Oh! The Nerves

The dates on the calendar blaze with fluorescent intensity, pulsing at the same rate as my heart, faster as the…
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Open Bar: Shouting Fire In A Crowded Theater

Eighth-grade social studies class.  A sea of gangly limbs, bad skin, and unfortunate haircuts attending a proto-law school.  We spent…
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Open Bar: The Mountain Metropolis

Success has its burdens.  The founders of our burgh were visionaries, but even they might not have envisioned the Valley…
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Open Bar: The Pronouns Of Inclusion

The ostrich’s head is buried deep in the sand, a conscious effort to deny a reality that is anathema to…
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