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The Weekly Independent Comics Page for Aug. 15, 2019!
On this week's mysteriously unguarded weekly Independent comics page: Jen Sorensen examines America's response to the recent mass shootings; (Th)ink ponders the attendance of an all-clowns screening of ...
Savage Love: My Penis Is 2 1/2 Inches Smaller Than It Was When I Was a Teen; What Can I Do?
I’m an otherwise healthy male of 54. When I was a teen, my cock measured about 6 1/2 inches—not small, not huge, pretty average. I never kept track of the situation down south, but suddenly, I find my...
The Weekly Independent Comics Page for Aug. 8, 2019!
On this week's depressing "been there, done that" weekly Independent comics page: Apoca Clips helps Li'l Trumpy with a tweet; Red Meat asks God for advice; This Modern World looks at the conservative vi...
Know Your Neighbors: Meet Debra Vogler, a Palm Desert Resident Who Wants to Make Science and Technology More Understandable
When many people hear the words “science, engineering and technology,” their eyes fog over.
Debra Vogler is working to change that.
“I’m so frustrated with the lay people who don’t want information on s...
Savage Love: My Boyfriend Took Off a Condom During Sex Without Telling Me, and He's Remorseful; Should I Forgive Him?
I’m a 42-year-old single, straight female who recently started dating a 36-year-old man in a somewhat exclusive, long-distance relationship. We have known each other for a short time, but have clocked...
The Weekly Independent Comics Page for Aug. 1, 2019!
On this week's poor-optics weekly Independent comics page: This Modern World checks in to see how all this Trump news is being dealt with on Parallel Earth; Jen Sorensen shakes her head at the abundance...
Savage Love: I Love My Husband, but Our Sex Life Is Boring, and I Recently Discovered BDSM, but He's Not Interested; What Shall I Do?
I’m a woman who married young (21), and I’ve been with my husband for seven years. Within the last year, I’ve realized that my falling libido probably comes from the fact that I am not turned-on by ou...
Community Voices: My Correspondence With an Immigrant Detained in San Diego Has Given Me Hope
I’ve covered immigration as a journalist for almost 20 years, documenting the lives of families in different corners of the Western Hemisphere as they make the difficult decision to move to the U.S. t...
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