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Patrice Lewis is a freelance writer whose latest book is "The Simplicity Primer: 365 Ideas for Making Life more Livable." She is co-founder (with her husband) of a home woodcraft business. The Lewises live on 20 acres in north Idaho with their two homeschooled children, assorted livestock, and a shop that overflows into the house with depressing regularity. Visit her blog at www.rural-revolution.com.
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Pay no attention to man behind the curtain

by Patrice Lewis -- Always, always, when I think things can't get any loonier, they do. On May 5, President Obama gave the commencement speech at Ohio State University and actually said more…

Blue collar workers, unite!

by Patrice Lewis -- Many years ago when my husband and I still lived in Oregon, we had a cold snap right before Christmas. On Christmas morning we woke up to find more…

The real domestic terrorists

by Patrice Lewis -- In the wake of the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, it took mere hours for CNN to strongly hint – without anything so significant as evidence or proof – more…

Free money

by Patrice Lewis -- Recently I got together with a friend I hadn't seen in years (I'll call her Mary). It was very pleasant, catching up on each others' lives. Among other more…

The 'it can't happen here' syndrome

by Patrice Lewis -- Here is a short quiz for you. Ready? What's the current situation with Lindsay Lohan's rehab? Who won the latest "Dancing With the Stars"? Name five celebrities with more…

'A good and just god does not punish'

by Patrice Lewis -- Some time ago on the WND forums, I saw a comment that read exactly as follows: "A good and just god does not punish." Oh really. Needless to more…

Without chaos, government has no future

by Patrice Lewis -- I once read a line in Arthur C. Clark's "2001: A Space Odyssey" as follows: "The newspapers of Utopia … would be terribly dull." The context of this more…