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The Talk: All Races Version
Just before the weekend, John Derbyshire published an essay that can only be called racist. His advice boils down to making snap judgments, based on fear and faulty assumptions, and avoiding black pe… more →
Gently Hew Stone
RIP Bassel Shehade #Syria Please RT
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wrote 12 hours ago: There are worse things than death and dying by Stan Faryna … To my Syrian friends: There are w … more →
Tubers!
wrote 1 day ago: This past Tuesday afternoon I stopped in at the Tuesday Market, a farmers’ market downtown in … more →
Massacre in Houla, Syria
wrote 3 days ago: It’s hard to imagine the carnage and absolute brutality in Syria. Countries are pulling their … more →
Government and the media, or the media and government?
wrote 4 days ago: Image rights – S.M Tunli – www.tunliweb.no – Panoramio Two of Society’s most power … more →
Why I Love Social Media: Translating the printemps érable.
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wrote 4 days ago: I will admit it. The Quebec student protests never really resonated with me. Despite my liberal demo … more →
Obama Voters' Remorse: NOT THIS TIME!
wrote 6 days ago: This is for all those who voted for Obama in ’08, and have Voters’ Remorse. You probably … more →
The cost of Bad Food Britain
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wrote 6 days ago: Yesterday I went to the lovely Lake District town of Kendal for the day, mainly to poke aroun … more →
What Being An Advocate Means To Me.
wrote 1 week ago: By Tammy DeSocio 2:30 pm MT When I joined the United States Air Force in December 1986 I was bomb … more →
Says It All
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Righting All Wrongs: There’s No Single Way To Do It.
wrote 1 week ago: In the face of a wrong, shortcoming, failure, or problem, there really are only three plausible resp … more →
Don't Ask Questions About Obama. You Might Get Arrested!!!!!
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wrote 1 week ago: Evidently, asking a question about Obama may get you arrested. (via TheBlaze) Last Monday, a high sc … more →
Fordhall: The Farm That Wouldn't Die
wrote 2 weeks ago: My friend Judith, who’s involved with a local organic gardening club, called a few weeks ago. “We’re … more →
Not so different differences: corruption in India and the West
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wrote 2 weeks ago: नमस्ते I wrote recently of my ‘game’ in which I choose an element of life in the French … more →
V.S Naipaul's An Area of Darkness and reactions to poverty: 'your sensibility so accurately parodied'
wrote 2 weeks ago: नमस्ते I have seen poverty in some places I’ve travelled but not on the scale that I will find … more →
The Curious Juxtaposition...
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wrote 2 weeks ago: … of a Sow’s Ear and a Pope’s Nose - …seems like it ought to suggest some so … more →
Is Obama the 'first gay president' as Newsweek proclaims?
wrote 2 weeks ago: What does that mean? Seems everyone is making a big deal about BO coming out for Gay Marriage. Now N … more →
Obama’s Anti-Youth Policies Forcing Young Job Seekers Into Unpaid Internships
wrote 3 weeks ago: Newsflash: Young people want careers, not more unpaid internships. This morning, the New York Times … more →
Romney Wins Presidency!!!!
wrote 3 weeks ago: http://freebeacon.com/biden-president-romney/ Gotta love Joe!!! Looking Forward…….. … more →
Rethinking Community: International Neighborhoods of Interest
wrote 3 weeks ago: The other day, I accidentally met a neighbor for the first time, eating dinner at the bar of a resta … more →
