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The Columbine incident — What does it mean?

Originally published in Shawnee News, a middle school newspaper (June, 1999) The question in this article's headline is not going to be answered. The fact of the matter is, there may never be such an answer, for how can you explain the events in Littleton, Colorado? Or Jonesboro, Arkansas? Or Springfield, Oregon? Or Fayetteville, Tennessee? Or Edinboro, Pennsylvania? It is common knowledge that...

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“Movie Review” (my first movie review)

This is the first movie review that I ever had published. It appeared in the June 1999 edition of "Shawnee News," the school newspaper of "Shawnee Middle School" in Easton, PA. Its title was simply, "Movie Review."To better understand who I was as a human being when I wrote this article, I highly recommend this piece I wrote in my career as a Salon Magazine staff writer (2016-Present) on October...

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