Malcolm X
I’ve been reading Malcolm X’s The Ballot or The Bullet speech. It’s an incredible speech, which changed my mind about many things. X addresses the failure of the legislature to follow through on...
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Today, José Padilla, an American citizen who was detained by the government for 4 years before being charged with a crime, was sentenced to 17 years in prison. This is scary to me for two reasons....
View ArticleFeminist sentenced to death
Afghan journalist Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh, 23, has been sentenced to death for printing out and distributing an article asking why men are allowed four wives, but women cannot have multiple husbands....
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deaths
An article about the violence in Kenya caught my eye this afternoon. Things there are very serious. The core of the conflict is that many Kenyans feel that the recent elections, which kept president...
View ArticleNoted.
“Even when factoring in 9/11, your chance over your lifetime of being killed by a terrorist is about one in 80,000, or about the same as being hit by an asteroid.” – John Mueller
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Puh-leassse.
I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on, she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article that found how Sen. Obama’s support among...
View ArticleOn the GI Bill that McCain and Bush don’t support
A letter Wesley Clark’s web site web site: 21 May 2008 General Clark, My name is Michael B. I am an Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. I served with the 89th Military Police Brigades in Baghdad, Balad...
View ArticleFlowbama
There’s a concept called flow in pop psychology. It’s what happens when athletes achieve the singular focus required to achieve superhuman feats. It’s what happens when chess players drift away so...
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