Give me an N! “Nnnnnn!” Give me an F! “Ffffff!” Give me an L! “Llllll!” What does it spell? Greeeeeddd! – Alternet.com NFL Cheerleaders are putting down the pom poms and getting serious… A...
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Apartheid. Fewer words have gained such infamy in the past half-century. Pre-Mandela rule in South Africa illustrated how brutal institutionalized racial/ethnic discrimination can be. One might...
May 6, 2014
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Image courtesy of theatlantic.com What does poverty look like? We all have a library of images in our head that answer that question. But today, the federal government paints a very...
May 6, 2014
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What are you doing this summer? Will you be cooped up in a cubicle in D.C. or working tables at a local restaurant? Maybe you’d prefer to try something a little more exciting where you can: ...
May 3, 2014
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Who decides how you wear your hair? If you happen to be a member of the United States Military, the answer to that question is Uncle Sam. Now some people think Sam needs a new coiffure....
May 1, 2014
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With so much bad news buffering our brains, it is refreshing to report something upbeat. The high school graduation rate has exceeded 80% for the first time in U.S. history. The National...
April 30, 2014
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We in the USA are lucky. Over two centuries we have developed a rule of law that values the civil rights and liberties of our citizens. True, there’s room for improvement… We have yet to...
April 30, 2014
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We are all accustomed to seeing sculptures of Jesus crucified on the cross… but how about asleep on a park bench? A recently installed statue in the wealthy neighborhood of Davidson, N.C....
April 29, 2014
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Little Vermont is tucked way up there at the tippy top of the U.S.A. Despite its diminutive stature (it’s the 6th smallest state by land area and the 2nd smallest by population)… It likes to...
April 28, 2014
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Americans like to make fun of Canada. After all what is Canada known for? Moose, snow, frostbite? New statistics now reveal the joke should be on America. Last week, the New York Times...
April 28, 2014
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