THE UPSTATE AMERICAN

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Violence is not our inevitable future

Seven words for the resistance

On county fairs and mistreated workers

Buttering up the Boss of America

How the arts challenge Trumpism

Galloping backwards in Trump's America

A nation, its food and its morality

Take time for the Upstates

Growing butterflies, sustaining hope

If not now, then when?

There is no room at Rushmore

Ranting replaces leadership in America

After the protest, we must hold our course

The parade is only part of the show

Dissing patriots, displeasing gods

A baby bonus isn't what we need

Hope is a thing with a diploma

Good neighbors, please step up now

Here's your burger, Pop. And a lesson, too.

Why this May Day leaves me frightened

When reality clashes with anchored beliefs

If you can't sing, whistle. But do something.

Getting a nation's birthday gift ready

If the daffodils can make it, so can we

When talk of a banana revealed truth

Listening to peepers and wood frogs

Wait 'til tomorrow

Hearing a woodpecker and a philosopher

Trump proves Nietzsche was right

Of rope-a-dopes and opossums

A warning from the Lion of Judah

Ignorant leaders and rotting grain

How to fight today's Inquisition

Huddled masses, yearning for comfort

A call for mercy, a presidential chainsaw

A call to conscience for this unique day

Prophetic words for Inauguration Day

Fire and ice

The warmth of the fire, the hope of the electorate

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