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Where’s My Donkey Cart?

By Margaret Hedderman Backpacking is kind of counter intuitive to evolution when you think about it. Throughout the history of human beings, we have created and/or discovered methods of getting out of work. Like inventing animals and cars. So, when … Continue reading

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Resolved: An Urchin Triumphs over Fear to Accomplish a Very SEArious Goal

By Sarah Jost You may recall that on the last day of 2012 the Urchins set about to accomplish some very specific goals. Geo dreamt of de-draping his Brooklyn abode, Margaret set her sights on the great outdoors, and I … Continue reading

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Superflat Arhat: The Latest Exhibit by Takashi Murakami

By Geo Ong; photos by Sharon Suhr Arhat, Arahat. [a. Skr. arhat adj., deserving. Arahat is the Pali form.] A Buddhist saint of the highest rank. [highbrow source: The Oxford English Dictionary] Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by … Continue reading

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The Urchin Travel Wish List

Travel is all about experience through learning. And sometimes, oftentimes actually, learning takes more than one go-around. Whether this means revisiting a destination to do something you haven’t done before, or embarking on a journey that many people have already … Continue reading

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That’s What She Said

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. – Gertrude Stein

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Integrity in Journalism

By Sarah Jost Conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch have made no secret of their political affiliations. As of 2011, they have donated nearly $3 million to politicians, over 80% belonging to the Republican party. They have been outspoken about … Continue reading

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How ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’ Made It Past the Censors

By Geo Ong In many ways, the 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive is a searing critique of the Francoist regime from which it was born. The film depicts a rural landscape isolated from progress and prosperity, whose … Continue reading

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Political Monday

They might not be on the top of Congress’ agenda this week, but these issues are on the top of ours. Who else wants to see something done? Ag-Gag Bill Lies in Wait in Tennessee I wrote about the ongoing … Continue reading

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The Weekly Urchin Recap: Sydney on a Sunday

By Sarah Jost Within just over 24 hours of landing in Sydney, Australia, I’ve gone from crying, ‘Remind me again why I like to plop myself in foreign places with no job or place to live?!’ to a pretty damn … Continue reading

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That’s What He Said

From the late eighteenth century onwards, it is no longer from the practice of community but from being a wanderer that the instinct of fellow-feeling is derived. Thus an essential isolation and silence and loneliness become the carriers of nature and … Continue reading

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