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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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    Fixing a Hole: Touring Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

    by Malcolm Logan July 23, 2013
    by Malcolm Logan July 23, 2013

    My poor wife. She was lacking something. She was suffering a deficit. She had a hole where her experience of America had …

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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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    Learning to Love the Mob: A One Day Vacation in Las Vegas

    by Malcolm Logan October 18, 2012
    by Malcolm Logan October 18, 2012

    When Chicago mobster Anthony “the Ant” Spilotro started burglarizing businesses in the Las Vegas area, the federal government and the Las Vegas …

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    Angela from Los Angeles

    by Malcolm Logan July 25, 2012
    by Malcolm Logan July 25, 2012

    The L.A. Lakers were playing the Dallas Mavericks for the Western Conference Championship. The game had been on for nearly an hour. …

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    Our Broken Asphalt Heart: Reflections on Route 66 (Part 2)

    by Malcolm Logan May 4, 2012
    by Malcolm Logan May 4, 2012

    A bright, enchanting New Mexico morning. I pull onto the interstate, old 66 running beside. The land slides and yaws like water …

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  • PennsylvaniaThe East

    Running on Empty: A Strange Visit to the Pennsylvania Oil Sites

    by Malcolm Logan September 19, 2011
    by Malcolm Logan September 19, 2011

    It would make your eyes burn. It would irritate your throat. Those who tried to use it as a lamp oil ended …

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  • New YorkThe East

    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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  • PennsylvaniaThe East

    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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  • Virginia

    What Would Jefferson do? Time Traveling at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

    by Malcolm Logan July 9, 2011
    by Malcolm Logan July 9, 2011

    So this dweeby-looking guy interrupts us, says he knows exactly what Jefferson would do. He’s got on big square glasses and red …

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My American Odyssey
  • The East
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    • Pennsylvania
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    • Missouri
    • Ohio
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    • Utah
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