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Eminent Domain Dramatized: Little Pink House Screening in Colorado Springs

Dana Zimbleman, Information, News / By

In 2005, a landmark 5-4 Supreme Court ruling damaged individual property rights. Specifically, the Kelo v. City of New London case established an unfair eminent domain precedent. Little Pink House, an independent film released this year, speaks to this issue. It dramatizes the heartbreak of New London, Connecticut residents who lost their homes in this unfortunate court […]

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Climbing Mt. Suribachi: The Academic Redneck Fitness Challenge, Update 9

Dana Zimbleman, Information, News, Travel / By

Previous Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-March 5, 2018): 34.4 pounds Weight Loss (March 5-April 2, 2018): 1.4 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-April 2, 2018): 35.8 pounds I’m feeling triumphant today, and not necessarily because of  making slow, steady progress toward my fitness goals. As those of you who follow my columns know, for

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Like Seattle with Palm Trees: The Academic Redneck Arrives in Hawaii

Creative Writing, Dana Zimbleman, Information, News, Travel / By

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad  When I was in seventh grade in 1977,

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The Academic Redneck Fitness Challenge: Update 8

Dana Zimbleman, Information, News / By

Previous Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-February 5, 2018): 27.6 pounds Weight Loss (February 5-March 5, 2018): 6.8 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-March 5, 2018): 34.4 pounds Yay me! I’ve battled back to the weight loss I had accomplished last October. I’m proud that I didn’t give up even when I had several months of setbacks and

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Alabama Senate Race Post-Mortem: Democrats Don’t Get Out-Jesused Again

Analysis, Dana Zimbleman, Information, News, Nonfiction / By

Happy Birthday to me! I publish today’s column on my 53rd birthday. Mike, Mr. Darcy, and I are in Sweet Home Alabama right now planning for Mother’s surgery tomorrow. This year, it’s a southern Christmas for us. Speaking of Alabama, I enjoyed the hell out of watching last week’s Alabama senate race election results roll

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