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Audacious amount of audio appreciation

Melvyn Magree  |  Thursday Jul. 9

DEDA spends $70,000 on website, destroys archives

Thursday Jul. 9

Whose independence is being taken by who?

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday Jul. 1

Biting off more than my chipper can chew

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday Jun. 24

City administration denies water is wet, sky blue

Wednesday Jun. 24

From my clippings file

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday Jun. 17

Freedom to do what?

Melvyn Magree  |  Thursday Jun. 11

To sell a project: the City Hall emails

Thursday Jun. 11

Up in the air about being up in the air

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday Jun. 3

NIMBYville

Wednesday Jun. 3

0 in 2050? 0 in 2100?

Melvyn Magree  |  Thursday May. 28

The library of the future

Thursday May. 21

Who is doing what social engineering?

Melvyn Magree  |  Thursday May. 21

The United States is NOT a Christian Nation

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday May. 13

Knowing price of everything, value of nothing

Melvyn Magree  |  Thursday May. 7

For sale: Pontliana Woods

Thursday May. 7

The Magical Marketplace can be malevolent

Melvyn Magree  |  Thursday Apr. 30

NorShor project drags on

Wednesday Apr. 22

It is around here someplace!

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday Apr. 22

Do we really have a five-party “system”?

Melvyn Magree  |  Wednesday Apr. 15

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