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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 Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand Blogging from South Africa.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Joanna Lord
Blogging on life, art and spirituality.
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.
July 13, 2010, at 4:07 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — / / / / /

Guest blogger AARON VACCARO: Successfully Unemployed

Should we continue teaching kids that they can grow up to be whatever it is they set their mind to or should we be scaling back their delusions of grandeur and realistically preparing them for the inevitable bombshell that there can only be one Alex Rodriguez?

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July 11, 2010, at 10:52 pm — Blogs — / / / / / /

The Possible

It breaks my heart to hear people disparage the unemployed. It troubles me that some of my closest relatives and friends align themselves with a party that seems so callous to the victims of the crisis – the unemployed, the forgotten. It’s hard to look them in the eye anymore. Those of us who have been through it understand the pain and the shame that comes with saying “I am unemployed”. After a while it feels as if it is an accusation – that I am unemployable, rather than just one of millions who were tossed aside for the sake of greed and slow thinking.

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April 9, 2010, at 11:44 pm — and Boris | Blogs — / / / / /

We could have given up but we didn’t

My wife, Jennifer Emily McLean, wrote a blog entry about our show, “and Boris”: My husband and I are just coming out of production of the third season of our web series “and Boris”. I say coming out of because we still aren’t done shooting. We were supposed to be done shooting at the end [...]

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March 24, 2010, at 6:13 pm — Blogs — / / / / / / / /

Chase Bank is chasing me away!

It was reported today that JP Morgan Chase has concluded that unemployment insurance has not only increased the time someone stays unemployed but also has caused the unemployment rate to go up. The amount of misinformation and just downright callous, unfeeling, un-American behavior in this economic crisis is appalling.

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March 5, 2010, at 11:35 pm — Blogs — / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

ALLMAN IN THE MORNING

This Friday I stayed up until 5:30 AM Pacific in order to do a call-in interview with conservative talk show host Jamie Allman on St. Louis’ 97.1 FM. Instead of discussing the real consequences of the economic crisis and instead of focusing on the realities that it has brought – Allman chose to focus on me and my year of unemployment.

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