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Why I Voted For Obama, and Trump

In 2008, voting for Barack Obama was a clear decision to me. At the time, America was emerging from two-terms of George W. Bush, Ground...

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Blame it on Reno: A NoCal Volleyball Tourney Journey

Nothing throws off an ambling wanderer like being stuck, isolated in a hotel. Welcome to Grand Sierra Resort, the place that doesn’t want...

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Memes, With Trolls Waiting to Pounce

There was a time, not long ago, when someone said something in passing and said it to an actual person — and that essentially was that....

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The MLK Dream Revisited

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr… The need for his words rings truer and louder now, in times when divides by race have been grasped and...

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Big South Tourney Journey | Coffee Edition

With some time to kill before volleyball today, with the internet in the hotel room not working, with my daughter having saved half of...

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KC Volleyball Tourney Journey — Lunch Edition | Special to Calinfluence

Mildred’s, For Breakfast at Lunch: Day 2 in Kansas City brought a late start, but a full day of volleyball games. The team convened in...

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Kohberger: Comparisons to a Serial Killer

There is the impulse to compare suspected murderer Bryan Kohberger to reputed 1970s serial killer Ted Bundy. As facts bear out, we may...

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