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Andrew Shaffer

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Andrew Shaffer is the New York Times bestselling author of the essential survival guide, How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters.

March 16, 2017

The Only Way to Stop a Bad Guy With a Gun is a Good Guy With a Gun

by Andrew Shaffer

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April 30, 2020

The Girl From Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later

by Madeleine Trebenski
June 26, 2020

A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking

by Juliana Gray
June 24, 2020

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-759

by Ben Parker, Stephanie Steinbrecher, Kelsey Ronan, John McMurtrie, Sophia DuRose, Rachel Villa, and Amy Sumerton
June 22, 2020

I’m the Guy Setting Off Fireworks Every Night In Your Neighborhood and I Have You Right Where I Want You

by Ilana Gordon

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July 3, 2020

Of Plague and Plenty

by Wendy Johnson
July 3, 2020

It’s Time to Sign the Declaration of Independence, and I, Elbridge Gerry, Will Have the Biggest Signature of All

by Zack Mast
July 2, 2020

The Best Thing About Each Amendment in the Bill of Rights, in Haiku

by Jordan Call
July 2, 2020

Kink-Shaming and a Cover-Up: Benjamin Franklin and the Story of the US Standard Measurement System

by Jackson Weaver

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