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A Clothed Case

By Rachel Birdsell TFW Contributing Writer When, exactly, did it become OK to wear pajamas out in public? Somehow, we’ve gone from not dreaming of leaving the house without a

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Letter to the Editor

Read the original column here. To the Editor: You rightly point out how polarizing political mythology is alienating Americans. Between the Right Wing and the Left Wing there no longer

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Let's go to the pharm, ya'll!

By Rachel Birdsell TFW Contributing Writer I don’t like Paula Deen. I never have and doubt I ever will. She’s loud, obnoxious, smokes, eats nasty food, and isn’t what you’d

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Sh!t the Obama Administration Says

Compiled by Blair Jackson President Obama — ‘The Fresh Prez’ Oh, Obama! It seems that you often forget where you are — and that people are listening to you; which

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The Polar Myth

An act of animal cruelty is under investigation after Russellville resident Jake Burris and his family arrived home Sunday to find their pet cat dead. Scrawled on the fur of

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What Hath Thou Wrought? (Pt.2)

By Rachel Birdsell TFW Contributing Writer This week’s column is part two of my tirade about the love-hate relationship I have with the Internet. Last week I griped about commenters;

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What Hath Thou Wrought? (Pt.1)

By Rachel Birdsell TFW Contributing Writer This is the first in a two-part series of my love-hate relationship with the Internet. I have been a user of the Internet since

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Sh!t Republicans Say

Compiled by Rachel Birdsell As the drama-filled GOP Primaries launch into a full-fledged, bloodthirsty competition, candidates are firing snarky com-ments at one another left and right. The Free Weekly went

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Hip to Be Square

By Blair Jackson After spending a few hours with the Amtgard LARPing (live action role playing) team in Fayetteville, I began to see the appeal in dressing up like a

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The Erosion of Our Civil Liberties

By Amy Alkon Our Founding Fathers were a bunch of obnoxious jerks — and I mean that in the most reverent way. They were fiercely opposed to blind obedience to