Five summers ago, leading up to its passage, so-called Obamacare was the focus of town hall meetings across the country. Many of those community meetings turned as ugly and unruly as an English soccer game, with shoving and shouting matches. Even after the wide-reaching Affordable Care Act passed a year later, that venom did not […]
Hobby Lobby
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What in the World: Juggalos, Hobby Lobby, Anthrax, the Polar Vortex, and the Singularity
JUGGA-NO: The Insane Clown Posse—a hip-hop group known for its evil clown face make-up and dedicated fan base called “Juggalos“—has lost a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, challenging its classification of the Juggalos as a “loosely organized hybrid gang.” The group was supported in the lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, which claims the classification […]
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When Corporations Took Over
Three years ago, in mid-September, dozens of protestors, upset about economic inequalities, stalked out a park near Wall Street in Manhattan. Over the next three weeks, similar “occupy” protests sprung up from coast to coast, entrenching the concept of “the 1%” in the mentality of Americans—or, less colloquially, that a minute portion of Americans holds […]
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What in the World: Chefs, Contraception, Immigration, ‘Nice’ Guys and Beyoncé
CHEFS: Sunriver Resort‘s Chef Travis Taylor walked away from last weekend’s Bite of Bend Top Chef competition with the highest award—and a 10″ knife forged from layered copper and brass by local blacksmith Kellen Bateham. Travis is now qualified to compete at Bite of Oregon for the title of Iron Chef Oregon. COURT: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor […]