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A Rural Flavor of CoLA

Home, Sheet Home

We versus They

Adjuncts Go Marching

The Rivals That Never Play

Poll Faulting

Out of Realignment

Leveling the Ice

For Fun: Local Flavor

Roughing It, Kinda

Suzy Homefaker

The Rurality of Hunting: A Consequence of…Agriculture

The Hidden Diversity of Rural America

A Cashless Society? Not Out Here.

Within Reach: The Myth of Unaffordable Housing

Why All the Stoplights?

For Fun: The Super-Duper Market (An Ode to Grocery Stores)

For Fun: The Rural Minimum

Left Right Between: The Myths of Self-Sufficiency and Collectivism

Humans Evolved to Share—When They Know Each Other.

For Fun: A Small-Town-Diner View of Medicare for All

The Founders Emphasized States’ Rights, but the States Were the Size of Cities Today.

In Small Towns, “The Government” Doesn’t Exist.

Friday Night Sights: Why Are People from Small Towns So Obsessed with High-School Football?

For Fun: FDA Attacks Almond “Milk”; Is Peanut “Butter” Next?

For Fun: Why Do Tiny Towns Have Three Diners but No Perkins?

Why Rural Americans Do Not Support a Federal Housing Subsidy

From Coasts to Countryside, There Can Be No Single Living Wage

Tax-Deductible Gym Memberships? Maybe If You Live in a City.

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