<![CDATA[Okay, so let me be up front about something. Many of my pieces originate with me ranting about something that annoys me, and this is no exception. It's hard to write this without coming off as self-serving, because on a basic level, this is about me being annoyed with people who are passive-aggressive. I've often heard it…

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<![CDATA[  So, in light of the Michael Dunn verdicts — several guilty counts of attempted murder, but a hung jury on the count of murder in the first degree — there is a resurgence of conversation on social media about the ways in which the criminal justice systems, particularly in the state of Florida, are…

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<![CDATA[I’m tongue-tied and bIeary-eyed, but I made it through. I have emerged, healthy and generally in my right mind, from what has affectionately come to be known as “J.R.’s Hostage Weekend.” That term, admittedly melodramatic, is actually a pretty fitting description of what I’ve just endured (and for the second time, no less). The “J.R.”…

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