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A salute lost to history

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Personal Essays: 7 Tips for Expressing Ideas in Words

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Wondering how to write a personal essay? Is your personal essay due tomorrow morning? If so, here are some quick…

Sports writing: Once a passion, now merely a job

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Once, working for an online sports section, it was immediately stressed that the rule of thumb was to churn out…

Started Making a Journalism Game in Twine

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PITTSBURGH—Audience members at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts are reporting that, oh God, no, approximately 20 extremely enthusiastic…

Ursula K. Le Guin: A Personal Take on Go Set a Watchman

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How America fell in love with crazy amounts of air conditioning

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By the 1950s, as air conditioners became common in the home, family life in the summer moved back inside, and increasingly centered…

The Geekling Worked a Shatner/Nimoy Tribute into Godspell

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My geekling daughter, who in Willy Wonka flashed Mr. Spock's Vulcan greeting during Veruca Salt's contract-signing scene, also worked a Star Trek reference into…

That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket

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As a kid, I remember liking the famous "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" commercial. As a teenager,…