I remember my freshman year of high school like it was yesterday; particularly one sunny September morning as my mother drove us to school. I was mad because I didn’t like how my hair looked that day. Truly, a tragedy, by any freshman girl’s standards! I couldn’t possibly walk into the halls of my small…
Yesterday, you may recall that we discussed how all races have at one time been victims of oppression. The pages of history are positively bursting of sad examples to this end. Using Michael Eric Dyson’s explanation, since a person cannot be racist if that person is part of “the oppressed” . . . then by…
Associated Global Media reported today that mobs of Jews stormed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s residence last night, exacting revenge for the Holocaust. Similar protests and actions instigated by the world’s Jewish population are planned for scores of other European countries, as well as Palestine and Saudi Arabia in retribution for the millennia of abuse suffered…
I attend church with a woman whose life story is anything but conventional. In fact, her epic tale of war, terror, tragedy and survival is the stuff Hollywood often turns into blockbuster films. Her name is Veronika, and her family lived under the threat of not one, but many dictatorships spanning four countries and several…
All living things are programmed to react to sudden changes. If you live in sub-zero temperatures like I do, walking outside after having been in warm home produces instant, uncontrollable shivers. When you’re cooking, that sudden splatter of boiling hot greases prompts you to jump back immediately from the stove. A sudden yank on your…
Last year, Hollywood released a gem of a movie entitled The Help; a film based on an equally popular book. The film featured several intertwined stories, but the central focus was on a terribly dark portion of our nation’s history. Deep in the heart of Jim Crow Mississippi, a young white woman sets out to…
There’s an iconic photo depicting a harried firefighter—helmet #28—in narrow, jam-packed stairwell. In the midst of chaos someone had the presence of mind to capture a tragic piece of our nation’s history. The day was September 11th, 2001. As terrified workers run past, the firefighter was running UP towards the inferno, not DOWN towards…
How would you—the frustrated immigrant who stood and watched millions flood in ahead of him—feel, if you petitioned your future government to complain, and you were simply told “Look, we’re doing this because frankly, both parties want and need the votes. You’ll get your turn.” Funny, because that’s exactly what Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told…
Is there a third solution? Realistically, we probably can’t deport the millions of illegal aliens that are here. Logistically and politically, it’s just not going to happen, no matter which party happens to be in charge. No one’s going to touch that Pandora’s Box with a 10-foot pole. Even though it may be the right…
In 2014, Brazil will host one of the world’s foremost athletic events—the FIFA World Cup. Brazil was chosen to host both the World Cup in 2014 AND the Olympic Summer Games in 2016. While Brazil’s leadership sees this as a way to showcase their country to the world, the Brazilian people are protesting en masse.…
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