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Jungle Writers David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Matthew Tullman, Current Events Editor
On current events.
Joyce Chen
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Tharuna Devchand
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J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Joanna Lord
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Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development emeritus and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.
Nicky Schildkraut
On poetry.
Plus guest writers and past staff, including Zach Fehst, Amy Reynolds, Aaron Vaccaro, Jae Day, Sarah Jawaid, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.
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As a child the reading material I was forced to read in U.S. schools made me tilt my head to the side and scratch my cranium. 1984, I Am The Cheese, Alas Babylon, A Brave New World, The Metamorphosis, Crime and Punishment – all great novels but all damn depressing. So I turned to movies to find comfort and was again subjected to adrenaline pumping paranoia with the likes of Red Dawn, Wall Street, The Rescue, Flight of the Navigator, even E.T. for pete’s sake! All these films and books had something in common – government is bad, corporations are bad. Which left me wondering who the hell do you trust?
June 1, 2008, at 12:00 pm — Blogs — elections / politics
Clinton has been the worst purveyor of this merry-go-round argument of late citing these so-called “battleground” states as proof positive of her chances against McCain in the fall. Never mind that Obama has actually come out ahead in most States in the Union, and never mind that the world and this country is very different than it was just four years ago.
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This week in the Jungle we are searching for the truth about wealthy—what it means to be wealthy, how that differs around the world, and if and when wealthy people deserve to be treated differently than everyone else. Last week: poverty. Next week: big government.
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