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BP Oil Disaster in Perspective
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BP Oil Disaster in Perspective

If the BP Oil disaster were centered in Atlanta, it would stretch as far west as Birmingham, as far east as the South Carolina border, as far north as Tennessee, and as far south as Macon.   For friends in Mississippi: if centered in...

June 1, 2010
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Bangkok is Burning
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Bangkok is Burning

My blood ran cold when I came across this image of Bangkok, referenced on BoingBoing.net:  Photo Credit: iBangkok The photo captures the angry red glow of an out-of-control fire in downtown Bangkok -- one manifestation of the protest...

May 19, 2010
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The iPad and the End of Publishing as We Know It
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The iPad and the End of Publishing as We Know It

The iPad could give rise to a new creative self-publishing crowd that could, in turn, become competition for the established publishing industry. Today's creative writers could bypass the industry altogether. The opportunity is already there to...

February 8, 2010
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The Right Thing
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The Right Thing

Across America, voters are rejecting gay marriage. People who don’t want me to be able to get married see this as a victory. “The American people,” they tell us, “don’t want gay marriage." What if the American people hadn’t wanted women...

December 8, 2009
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I Don’t Look Very Gay
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I Don’t Look Very Gay

 Earlier this week, I found myself involved in a discussion about diversity. After one person noted a lack of diversity at our table, I jokingly volunteered myself as the token gay.A woman at the table burst out laughing. "If...

December 2, 2009
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MD’s Don’t Like Their Patients Talking
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MD’s Don’t Like Their Patients Talking

What if books -- or iPhone apps or movies or music downloads -- came with user agreements forbidding the buyer from reviewing them online? It's a crazy idea, right? But that's exactly what a growing number of doctors -- concerned over negative...

March 4, 2009
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When I Knew
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When I Knew

Editor's Note: Don't know why, but, here of late, the MadeByMark mailbag is piling up with questions about The Gays. I can't speak for other gay people. I am, however, always willing to share my story -- and, perhaps, from that, you can draw some...

January 6, 2009
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Reconciled
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Reconciled

In the Sixties, Saint Mark United Methodist Church was one of the first congregations in Atlanta to refuse to discriminate on the basis of color. Today, despite the institutionalized bigotry of the Methodist Church (official church law declares...

November 13, 2008
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Like, Socialism: Comment: The New Yorker
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Like, Socialism: Comment: The New Yorker

Hendrik Hertzberg, on Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin's assertion that Mr. Obama is a socialist: The state that [Palin] governs has no income or sales tax. Instead, it imposes huge levies on the oil companies that lease its oil fields. The proceeds finance...

October 29, 2008
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