Daily Archives: October 1, 2010

Spirits of Place: Austin, TX

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Spirits of Place: Austin, TX “Many folk call it the Heart of Texas, and if you look at a map, that’s about where it is located. O. Henry called it the City of the Violet Crown – although that may have been tongue-in-cheek.” Continue reading →


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Banned Books Week: Devil of the Week

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Every generation seems to need a bugbear. That’s the Terrible Other, the Axis of Evil, the Stinking Commies–some nebulous They that’s coming to get us all booga booga. Well before the attacks on 9/11, Islam had become the bugbear of … Continue reading →


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