Playing Checkers

Editor’s Note: This is an unedited version of Maddy Butcher’s opinion piece that appeared in the Washington Post. Maddy Butcher writes: There was a whole lot of hootin’ and hollerin’ when, earlier this summer, the judge at the federal district court in Casper, Wyoming, ruled […]

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ADDITIONAL POSTS

  • All Death is Not Bad

    Editor's Note: This opinion piece was originally published in the Washington Post and is republished here. I am throwing in some pretty random pics. Sorry...

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  • E-Bikes and Othering

    Editor’s Note: This piece was published in the Washington Post. But here it is for those of us hitting the paywall. By Maddy Butcher Who...

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    Editor's Note: This piece, edited and trimmed for length, was published in the Washington Post. But here it is for those of us hitting a...

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  • No Solace in Open Space

    Editor's Note: This is a free, paywall-avoidant version of the Washington Post opinion piece that Maddy Butcher wrote recently. Read the WaPo piece. [caption id="attachment_2011"...

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