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Christe Boen-Mirikitani Just Wanted to Teach Girls to Pitch. Enter an HOA-Backed Mr. Wilson

Allow me to begin this week’s metaphysical deep dive with a burning question regarding a clash of civilizations: What happens when Americana meets America?  “Americana” is the place of an oft over-glorified past, of motherhood, apple pie, houses that needn’t be locked and gooey happiness on every street corner, from sea to shining sea. “America” is the land of the aggrieved, of women’s rights under attack, lawsuits over the pies, alarm systems guarding the houses, danger lurking on the street corners and as to the seas, well, if they are shining, it’s from the reflection of discarded aluminum cans.   Read the article……………………….      Read the original St. Louis Post-Dispatch article…………………….

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