"We already know that he started out at a time when it was accepted for a Ferguson cop to charge somebody with property damage for bleeding on his uniform."

"It’s a color scheme that is completely useless on city streets — and indeed in any other environment in which any of these cops will ever work. This isn’t self-protection; it's cosplay."

"Because it's cool! I mean, to keep you safe."

"Avoid swaggering or any other confident behavior that suggests you are not completely subjugated."

"Last seen hovering near entrance to library. Extremely unarmed."

"Newsprint really suffered its killing blow during the ravenous era of freebooting finance."

"I am not making a moral argument that economic inequality is wrong. I'm making an argument that rising inequality is stupid."

"My virginity had become such an essential part of my personality that I didn't know who I was without it."

"I start asking people for help, asking people to call 911. Most people ignored me."

"If I give $50 to ALS research but none of my friends hears about it on social media, why should I bother?"

Steve Thorngate

The Century managing editor is also a church musician and songwriter.

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