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This week, try these three. Harold Myerson at the American Prospect, on a new labor alliance in California. L.A. Story, The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: a new model for American liberalism? From reporters at the Arkansas Times, working with InsideClimate News, The path of the Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas, Exxon’s pipeline cuts across the watersheds that provide drinking water for 770,000 Arkansans. And James Fallows at the Atlantic presents an analysis of the situation in Syria, Your Labor Day Syria Reader, Part 2: William Polk. An in-depth, step-by-step account of how we got here and what might … Continue reading →

Losing Jamey

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One day about nine years ago, after Fabrice and I had lost a kitten to FIP, we were told about two kittens who had been abandoned on a corner down in Denver. Someone picked them up and took them to a nearby shop, and a (now former) Rockies member saw them and posted on the Well that they needed a home. They came to live with us. Blue had white fur with black spots and Jamey, named in honor of a friend, turned out to have very long Maine-coon-type fur, which he was unfortunately allergic to so we learned to … Continue reading →

Offically the Worst

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In the middle of what already seemed to be the worst week ever, everything has officially gotten much bleaker. Tbogg, we are all so sorry for this loss to your family and to all of us. And many virtual hugs to the much-beloved Beckham.

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