august: cleveland county

Another month is almost over, which means it's time for my monthly German wrap-up! I loved this German language article from Bento about two German college students who took a cross-country trip in the US using Amtrak. Prize quote: "Our American friends were skpetical: "why don't you just fly?"" This tweet from the Left Party in Germany made me laugh - the national...

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Get out the vote campaigns are usually an indicator of how close it is to a major election. There are so many good reasons to become an informed citizen and go and vote for your representatives. However, if you can't be convinced for reasons of self-interest, please think of the others. In 2011, the Department of Homeland Security estimated that 13.1 million non-citizens...

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The Financial Diet is one of my favorite websites. It focuses on helping people in their twenties make responsible financial choices, and I love to contribute to it. Here's a new article I wrote if you're interested. The Financial Diet is one of my favorite websites. It focuses on helping people in their twenties make responsible financial choices, and I love to contribute to...

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This morning, two trains run by the Meridian company had a head-on collision on the route from Holzkirchen to Rosenheim, near the town of Bad Aibling. Here's the BBC's story as well as the German-language story from the Holzkirchner Merkur If you don't know, I did my study abroad in Holzkirchen. It was perhaps the greatest experience of my life. It helped me...

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The Democratic primary race, which features two well-qualified candidates, has at times become a race centered on language and the words which Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders use to describe themselves and their campaigns. This is coupled with wider rhetoric about how we view America and what kind of country and society we live in, along with the society and country we want...

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