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How quickly the horror and outrage fade, as we adjust to a new level of knowledge: This is our reality. This is what our world is like, we tell ourselves. What we’re often leaving unsaid is ...

Sometimes it stinks and sometimes it doesn’t. Is there a schedule of when it’s going to smell bad, or is it something that just happens? —Shirley Temple The Portland Bureau of Environmental ...

Tom Boggioni is a writer, born, raised and living in San Diego — where he attended San Diego State University. Prior to writing for Raw Story, he wrote for FireDogLake, blogged as TBogg, and ...