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Did you say Spokane? (4.00 / 2)

I had to check, and indeed Sherman Alexie is having a field day on twitter on the Dolezal case.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 15th, 2015 at 09:08:28 AM EST

Re: Did you say Spokane? (4.00 / 2)

Now that is the hilarious Sherman Alexie you get when he speaks to a small group. He is a treasure.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. -- Dr Johnson

by melvin (melvingladys at or near yahoo.com) on Mon Jun 15th, 2015 at 09:19:20 AM EST
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Re: Did you say Spokane? (none / 1)

I love the guy, I got to see him live at a Community College when I was doing my PhD in SoCal ages ago.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 15th, 2015 at 09:21:39 AM EST
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Re: Did you say Spokane? (4.00 / 5)

There were a few years when we spent a lot of time together, during and after the making of Smoke Signals. (the director Chris Eyre is an old friend.) That 'Skin is a riot.

Native culture has created a special tribe for such people as Dolezal, the Wannabes. Though she seems to have true street cred herself.

Me? I'm having trouble identifying as urban Süd Friesich.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jun 15th, 2015 at 10:24:00 AM EST
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