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The NRA is an organization out of touch and has no historical perspective. The 2nd Amendment was ratified at a time where everyone owned a musket and needed one for hunting so they can eat as well as...
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A Beacon Extinguished
Today, I found out that one of my last vestiges of my childhood will be closing. Holy Spirit Catholic School in “Da Boogie Down” Bronx, NY will be closing its doors to the children of the community at...
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It has been 47 weeks since my Facebook and Twitter avatars have changed to a picture of Trayvon Martin. The wheels of justice truly grind slowly. Let’s not let the tragedy fade into the darkness of the...
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America Never Really Ended Slavery
The new form of slavery has the same intent and purpose as the old: to rob us of our labor and to keep us powerless. By Jazz Hayden Photo Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM...
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Happy International Women’s Day to all my sisters! Your contributions to the world are appreciated and needed. A minimum wage increase is long overdue. Don’t succumb to the fear mongering of the...
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Vene Sancte Spiritus! Extra omnes! Habemus Papam!
Come Holy Spirit! Today in Rome 115 “Princes of the Church” inspired by God takes on one of their most solemn duties, the selection of a Pope. As they enter the Sistene Chapel awed by the most...
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The Catholic Church needs Pope Francis. Jorge Mario Bergoglio knows exactly what he is doing by choosing the name Francis. Pope Francis has already demonstrated by action what type of Pope he wants to...
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Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery
If you don’t watch anything today, you must watch this. Slavery must end! Filed under: Soul Brother Presents
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Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there’s good news)
Fascinating presentation from Bono. Sometimes we have to look at the glass as “being half full” instead of half empty. Filed under: Soul Brother Presents
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Prevent Another Steubenville: What All Mothers Must Do for Their Sons
by Kim Simon When Max was just a few months old, I sat cross-legged on the floor with him in a circle of other mothers. The facilitator for our “Mommy and Me” playgroup would throw a question out...
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The First Honest Cable Company
I grew up with free over the air television. Between the UHF and VHF bands New York City had a plethora of content available. While it may not have been 24 hour broadcasting and would have proven to be...
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How corrupt is New York? Very
By Greg David New York is more corrupt than other states, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesday, in announcing the arrest of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and others in the latest bribery scandal to rock...
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Why Americans Are So Ignorant — It’s Not Only Fox News, There Are Some...
By Lawrence Davidson In 2008, Rick Shenkman, the Editor-in-Chief of the History News Network, published a book entitled Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter. In it he...
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Never Say ‘Never Again’
Our foolish obsession with stopping the next attack. By Juliette Kayyem There will be no politicians at the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. They are no longer invited....
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A Beacon Extinguished
Update: The pastor of Holy Spirit School has cancelled an Alumni Mass that was previously scheduled. Don’t let the great people, the building, and the values that shaped so many young people to fade...
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The Fight Over Gun Control Has Revealed America’s New Civil War
By Robert Reich My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as...
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The ‘pay to grieve’ 9/11 museum is a national disgrace
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Sally Regenhard The world’s most expensive memorial — the National September 11th Memorial and Museum — nearly became a...
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Why I Hate School But Love Education
Interesting and a thought provoker. Dig it! Filed under: Soul Brother Presents
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The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’
By Julian Assange “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who...
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Bill Cosby: A plague called apathy
By Bill Cosby In terms of health, two things stand out that Mayor Bloomberg has jumped into to find some kind of remedy that will help cut back on illness — the abuse of sodas and tobacco. No 1:...
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