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Jason James Barry
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Not Terror, Not True. Did the FBI Try Punting About Terrorism in New Orleans For Politics?
In the early stages of event unfolding, a truck plowed through a crowd of New Year’s revealers, followed by a police shootout with the...
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Jason James Barry
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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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Jason James Barry
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Why California Likes Harris, Not Trump
Like it or not, out here in SoCal your family and mine qualify as coastal elites — owning million dollar properties just minutes from the...
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Jason James Barry
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The Where Were You Day
I had been in mid-spoonful of chewing my Cheerios, sitting on the carpet in front of the TV in the living room. My brother and my other...
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Jason James Barry
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SLC Volleyball Tourney Journey — Dinner Redemption After Crappy Concession
A day of girls volleyball wins on-court at the Salt Lake City Showdown was met with lackluster convention center food fare. Cutting to...
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Jason James Barry
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Vegas Tourney Journey — Stuck in Line at a Starbucks Edition
Special to Great Pacific Review - by Jason James Barry Why do the simplest things never work out so simply? Of course I‘m talking about...
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The Longview Essays | Jason James Barry
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Four Years Gone By: A Pandemic Retrospective
Notifications came from school. Early pick-up. And then, none of us knew what was next. That whole week, I had been stocking up and...
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