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An Open and Shut Case

On July 2, 2015July 4, 2015 By wastedpilgrimIn FictionLeave a comment

As husbands went, Layla could have done worse than Preston Cranstern. The sex was good. He was, by most accounts, competent at his job. He had some annoying facets to his personality. For instance, Preston had an absurd habit of insisting he was right when he obviously wasn't. Once he had asked her to proofread …

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Greatness Does Not Require Perfection

On December 7, 2013December 8, 2013 By wastedpilgrimIn PoliticsLeave a comment

Nelson Mandela is dead. That’s okay. He was 95. He lived a legend, transformed a country, spent 27 years in a prison and emerged triumphant from it all. There’s no need for undue sorrow. Nor is their need for undue bigotry. A South Carolina sheriff refused to lower the American flag to half mast because, …

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