Tag: politics
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April 17, 2007 08:01 AM EDT --
It was the one of the worst images a parent can face. My son was sitting in the back seat of a squad car with handcuffs on. His childish body, small for a young man, was barely visible, yet . . . more
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April 16, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
Bill Bradley's New American Story is an intriguing yarn, spot on in some places and patchy in others. It's clear that Senator Bradley talked to a few smart people before he put together his proposals; . . . more
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April 21, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
Recently I orchastrated a "Panel Discussion on Islam" at my local community college. (Although I have graduated, I remain active in bringing culture and education to the community.) . . . more
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May 15, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
Rarely does a film combine visual brilliance and emotional pitch quite like Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. It takes place in 1944 Spain, but it represents the sad horror of all wars. It . . . more
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March 18, 2008 02:54 PM EDT --
Barack Obama gave a speech in Philadelphia today that was well crafted and to the point, addressing the issue of race in America and what his vision is on that divisive and important issue.
Was it . . . more
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July 23, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
That former president Bill Clinton had signed on with Knopf to do another book was a surprise to no one—in fact, the plans for book #2 had been announced months ago. That the new one will not be . . . more
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July 31, 2007 01:44 PM EDT --
God alone knows how I found time, but every day that I worked for Tony Blair I kept a diary. On leaving Downing Street, it took me two years, on and off, to transcribe 2.5 million words, which I have edited . . . more
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April 18, 2007 01:48 PM EDT --
Even at the age of 82, Lee Iacocca isn't one to beat around the bush. Not only is he fightin' mad that his beloved Chrysler Corporation's soul now belongs to Daimler-Benz — he's mad . . . more
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January 09, 2007 02:07 PM EST --
I would be interested in discussing how everyone feels about the Iraqi initiatives being put forth by the President. Does throwing more troops in make sense? Or is it better to have a concrete plan for . . . more
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May 05, 2007 08:36 AM EDT --
There have been a number of good articles on Gather lately regarding the vast difference between rich and poor in this country. Most of the comments which have poured in have been supportive . . . more
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April 21, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
I am rounding the home stretch to my teaching degree. This choice in vocational calling developed early but was placed on the backburner to provide for my family, nonetheless the desire . . . more
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November 26, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
When I began to tell members of that large, raucous generation born just after World War II, the baby boomers, that I was thinking of writing a book on the aftershocks of . . . more
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June 24, 2007 08:34 AM EDT --
I live in Michigan, which is considered a "blue" state due mainly to the labor unions which were so vivid with life, but also due to our major cities, such as Detroit and Flint, which are in . . . more
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July 31, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
It was 10 years ago this summer that Princess Diana was killed.
I've been asking around, wondering if people could recall exactly where they were the moment they found out about Princess Diana's . . . more
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April 13, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
In the recent wake of events caused by Don Imus’ utterance of those now infamous words (you know which ones I’m talking about), I have struggled with what consequences the shock-jock should . . . more
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April 17, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
Peter Swanson's Hollywood Sinners is a loopy "Wizard of Oz" where
assorted down-at-heel characters, all of them of questionable virtue,
cross paths in 1930's Hollywood -- specifically . . . more
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July 10, 2007 03:04 PM EDT --
This past weekend's broadcast of Live Earth sparked a new wave of conversation about the impact our everyday actions have on our planet. While talks about global warming seemed to really have begun . . . more
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April 24, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
I grew up in the ghetto. It is hard to admit how much impact my early life had on me for even . . . more
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December 28, 2007 12:44 PM EST --
Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber
It is a time of turmoil, with the nation mired in an unpopular war in Korea and with Senator Joseph McCarthy stirring up fear of a lurking Communist "menace." . . . more
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April 30, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
Courage.
Throughout history people have taken the risk to stand up for what they believe in and not back down. The cowardly lion went to the Wizard to get courage in the movie 'The Wizard of Oz". . . . more
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