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Bill O'Reilly and Slavery: Slaves were well fed
We spoke earlier how some people were taken aback by Michelle Obama's reference to the fact that the White House was built in part by slaves. The First Lady contrasted that history with the observation...
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Book Reviews: I Would Die 4 U
I Would Die 4 Uby ToureWhat makes someone become a creative talent? What makes a creative person become a star? And what makes a star become a generational icon? No one really knows. Most of this sort...
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Everyone should vote for the person they find most qualified to be President. I am going to be greatly amused by the reaction of whoever loses in the fall election because both of the major party...
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It's The Electoral College, Stupid
The Final Electoral Vote for 2012 - Obama: 332 - Romney: 206As we head toward the 2016 presidential election, you've probably noticed a lot of attention placed on the national polls. Well, actually,...
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Music Reviews: Helen Foster: You Belong To Me
When you think of soul music, rock-n-roll, doo-wop and R&B, Nashville is probably not the first Tennessee city to come to your mind. Memphis would likely be. But mid 20th century Nashville not only...
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Religious Accommodation in a Diverse Society: Is It Still Possible?
We've previously discussed religious accommodations in employment and education. It's hard to find agreement on these issues. What is important or sacred to one person may be minor, downright stupid or...
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Why Kellyanne Conway's Release of Trump 2.0 Will Likely Fail
You've likely heard the expression "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig" used to convey the seemingly self-evident concept that changing the superficial appearance of something does not...
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Movie Reviews: The Brooklyn Banker, Criminal
The Brooklyn Bankerdirected by Federico CastelluccuioFederico Castelluccuio is an Italian actor and painter who is probably best known to American viewers as Furio, the handsome, tall, vicious,...
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Louisiana Floods Are A Bad Look For Obama
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina touched down in Louisiana, destroying 80% of the properties in the New Orleans metropolitan area, cutting off power to some 900,000 people, and claiming the lives...
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Trump Hints At Flip-Flop On Illegal Immigration
If you pick an issue, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has probably been on two or more sides of it. He has explained this as growth and as good business. For Trump, business exigencies...
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Book Reviews: Almost Infamous, Finders Keepers
Almost Infamousby Matt CarterI thought that this book was very funny. It put me in mind of similar work which I reviewed before here. It's not quite as deep or as biting as the Dr. Brain.. book was...
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Terry Foster: Hypertension and Health
It's important to keep in mind how fragile and precious your health and life really is.No one knows the day that he or she will leave this world or how he or she will depart. But sometimes life gives...
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Movie Reviews: The Nice Guys
The Nice Guysdirected by Shane BlackAlthough neither lead character is actually a cop, this is actually a cop buddy film. It touches most of the obvious themes and tropes you'd expect to see in these...
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Hillary Clinton - She Has Issues But You Kinda Have to Agree She's Probably...
OK. I've been trying to get to this piece for weeks now but haven't had a free minute to sit down with my thoughts about Hillary Clinton. Chances are you feel some kind of way about Hillary Clinton....
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Trump Surrogate Pastor Mark Burns Caught Lying
The great thing about telling the truth is as the saying goes the truth will set you free. If you really do have an advanced post-graduate or professional degree, if you really do have the professional...
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Music Reviews: The One I Love Is Gone
There are more similarities both musically and lyrically between blues and bluegrass than the casual listener might expect. Both genres, when done properly, can speak honestly about hard times,...
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Movie Reviews: Now You See Me 2, The Duel
Now You See Me 2directed by Jon ChuAlthough I will do my level best to avoid spoilers for this movie, there is probably going to be at least one spoiler for the previous (first) movie in this series....
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Joy Reid and Gary Johnson: Big Dummies!
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so"-Mark TwainEveryone makes mistakes. No one knows everything. There are so many different realms...
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Colin Kaepernick and the National Anthem
If you have paid any attention to the news over the past two weeks you've seen that San Francisco Forty-Niners (former starting and now backup) quarterback Colin Kaepernick has attracted both praise...
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Carmen Chamblee Keeps It Real
There are times and if you live long enough most of us have experienced them, when someone close to you rips your heart out, throws it on the ground, looks you right in the eye, and gleefully does the...
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