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" As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than their parents ever did. "
Henry Rollins
Children
Parents
Lose
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" I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none. "
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" August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery. "
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" August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer. "
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" I have healthy disagreements with political parties I'm not aligned with, but I don't think it should be to the point where we're cursing and trying to strangle each other. "
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Chicago
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Writers
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