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President Obama: No Boots On the Ground In Syria!
One of the things that drives me crazy in any sort of relationship whether it be professional or personal is when someone changes their mind and/or does the exact opposite of what they said they were...
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Spike Lee Ready to Release Chi-Raq
Overnight the newest Spike Lee Joint trailer hit the interwebs. Chi-raq. The movie stirred up controversy over the summer while it was shooting in the windy city, because of course CPD and Rahm-bo...
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Republican Debate Demands
It is surreal that the Republican party, the political party that likes to posit itself as the implacable foe of political correctness and trigger warnings, the party that likes to claim the mantle of...
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Movie Reviews: Ex Machina, Welcome to Collinwood
Ex Machinadirected by Alex GarlandThis futuristic science fiction film was very well grounded in both the science and the moral questions that scientific advances raise. Unlike many speculative fiction...
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University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe Resigns
Today, University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe announced that he would resign. For those of you not familiar with Tim Wolfe, recently he has been in hot water because students felt he had been...
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#BlackOnCampus: Mizzou, PWIs, HBCUs & The Black Experience
This week we've learned several lessons from the students on the campus of the University of Missouri, Columbia. These key lessons are that 1. Racism is still alive. 2. Black people are still...
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Book Reviews: Devil Dog, The Wheelman
Devil Dogby David TalbotThe United States was created in a revolution against monarchy. So there is a long standing anti-authoritarian and anti-colonialist streak that runs weakly or strongly through...
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Paris, Terrorism and Politics
On Friday the 13th the group ISIS attacked a concert hall and stadium in Paris because well that's what they do. Over one hundred people died. Many more were wounded. The proximate cause was...
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Twerking, Sexual Assault, and Double Standards
We've previously discussed the differences between men and women insofar as who's more likely to initiate declarations of sexual interest (men) and who's more likely to reject them or become offended...
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Book Reviews: The Grey King
The Grey Kingby Susan CooperThis book was a gift from my maternal aunt all those years ago. It's something I like to pull out and re-read or just skim from time to time. It always brings back good...
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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Kills Laquan McDonald
Another day, another black person killed by a cop. Based on past experiences there will almost surely be brain dead trolls popping up like mushrooms across social media who will start bleating "what...
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Happy Thanksgiving 2015!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!Hopefully you will be able to spend lots of time today with your family and loved ones. And if you can't do that then perhaps you can call them or email/text them. Or if they've...
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Book Reviews: Four Women
Four Womenby Nikesha Elise WIlliamsThis is the first novel by Nikesha Elise Williams who has previously posted here under the pseudonym "The Storyteller" but now does so under her government name. So...
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Is ObamaCare Really Falling Apart?
Many people complained about higher premiums during the first Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or PPACA (hereafter referred to as ObamaCare) enrollment period. With impressive celerity some...
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**BREAKING NEWS** Mass Shooting in San Bernardino, California
Sadly, these shootings are becoming all too common. Check out the report at CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/us/san-bernardino-shooting/index.html
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Hannah Duston: Heroine?
The other day I was reading thru the latest Quarterly Journal of Military History. I'm not sure I saw enough to justify the $13 purchase price but I did read about the story of Hannah Duston. I hadn't...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Season Six Trailer Tease
Well there's not much here nothing new here of course but then again it is a tease. In fact this is less of a tease and more of a reminder how just how much the Starks have been screwed over. There are...
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Movie Reviews: No Escape
No Escapedirected by The Dowdle Brothers (John Erick and Drew)This was an exciting and well directed movie with only a few events that didn't make sense. Ok maybe it had more than a few things that...
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Book Reviews: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The Bazaar of Bad DreamsBy Stephen KingI am always fascinated by artists or other performers who are at the top of their game. Whether it's watching Rahsaan Roland Kirk playing three saxophones at...
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Donald Trump: Racist White Man's Badass Revenge
Donald Trump is the walking unalloyed id of fearful white reactionaries. He says what a lot of people are thinking (if you believe that various online comments are a window into some people's souls)...
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