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Val Strange is a freelance writer journeying these United States and keeping score. She holds a master's degree in Media Studies from Syracuse University after working in the movie business for over a decade. Her essays appear on several online publications and she is presently at work on a novel.
SHARE Friday, August 28, 2009 SAVE FERRIS !
In the theater of economics, a trillion-dollar-deficit plays out a schism of creative differences. Keynesians who dotted on Ferris, ever so, now threaten to pull the plug on the bright light they've been shining on him.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 18, 2009 ... and They Dreamed
With Martin Luther King Day in the gloaming of Inauguration Day of the first black president of the United States, one can't help but wonder if Dr. King is not doing cartwheels in his grave. Though most people I've talked to hesitate to admit race played a part in their decision, we know better by the congruence of public opinion we have seen butting heads on the national level-and in the South, and namely North Carolina's sur
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, December 29, 2008 You Are a Whole Different Person When You Are Scared
As the economy signals grim images of another era, time's running out on a lot of people. But I never expected it would reap one of my own. As the lives of countless Americans rest on so much uncertainty, I never expected to see my mom grieving the loss of her firstborn so prematurely. With so many firsts headlining the news cycle, I didn't expect the story to come to me.
SHARE Monday, November 3, 2008 North Carolina: Hopeless Hoi Polloi or Step In the Right Direction?
The challenges that dog The South linger comparatively in more progressive places like Wilmington. Though the city bellows diversity, racism bellies a visceral divide. And similarly, The South's anti-intellectual war against The North is also entertained.
SHARE Wednesday, October 22, 2008 The Fraternization of John McCain
The following article is a opinion narrative about a John McCain rally I went to last week in Wilmington, North Carolina. It's an insightful account of the antipathy played out by the McCain fan base against senator Barack Obama. What I found out was that republicans will hear what their itching ears want to hear.