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    What the Hell: Visiting The Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY

    by Malcolm Logan November 28, 2016
    by Malcolm Logan November 28, 2016

    Enroute to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY, I stopped at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and learned that the world came …

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    Facing up to White Nose: Exploring a Cave in Stanton, MO

    by Malcolm Logan September 29, 2016
    by Malcolm Logan September 29, 2016

    Caves are cool. Slipping out of a hot, muggy day into the cool environs of a cave is the pre-modern equivalent of …

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    Infamous Potatoes: An Economic Disaster Tale in Boise, ID

    by Malcolm Logan April 6, 2016
    by Malcolm Logan April 6, 2016

    Wandering the streets of Boise, I came across a homeless guy picking through the trash. I was just finishing my lunch, a …

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    Into the Vortex: Cognitive Laziness in Gold Hill, OR

    by Malcolm Logan February 23, 2016
    by Malcolm Logan February 23, 2016

    Okay, I kid you not. I’ve been to a place where balls roll uphill, broomsticks stand on end, people grow taller just …

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    Deep Reservations: Visiting a Haunted Indian School in Concho, OK

    by Malcolm Logan March 13, 2015
    by Malcolm Logan March 13, 2015

    The ghosts of children are said to haunt the abandoned hallways of the Concho Indian Boarding School in Concho, Oklahoma.  Paranormalists take …

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    American Boomtown: The Costs and Benefits of Getting Rich in Williston, ND

    by Malcolm Logan August 6, 2013
    by Malcolm Logan August 6, 2013

    Waiting for a cheeseburger at the McDonalds in Williston, North Dakota I noticed something I hadn’t seen for a long time. The …

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    Maniacs Run Amok: The Mass Shooting Sites of Denver, CO

    by Malcolm Logan May 12, 2013
    by Malcolm Logan May 12, 2013

    On April 20th, 1999 two students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado and opened fire. One of the students, 18-year-old Eric …

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    Negative Space: Occupy Wall Street and the 9/11 Memorial

    by Malcolm Logan August 25, 2011
    by Malcolm Logan August 25, 2011

    There’s a conspiracy theory making the rounds at Occupy Wall Street that alleges that building no. 7 of the old World Trade …

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    Harsh and Bitter: The Tea Party and the Whiskey Rebellion in Bedford, PA

    by Malcolm Logan July 23, 2011
    by Malcolm Logan July 23, 2011

    See if you know this story. After enthusiastically supporting a hugely expensive war, an angry, combative segment of the American public became …

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    Internal Conflict: Two Worrisome Days in Washington DC: Day Two

    by Malcolm Logan June 19, 2011
    by Malcolm Logan June 19, 2011

    In the spring of 1782 Colonel Lewis Nicola wrote to General George Washington complaining that for more than six months the soldiers …

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