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Thoughts on Racism, Rhetoric and the Black Community
Recently we have witnessed polarizing acts and accusations of racism play out on our television screens, in our newspapers, and on radio talk-shows around the country; it seems the "race card" has become the weapon of choice in the elite circles of the American mainstream.
And while we must admit to ourselves --and one another-- that racism does exist is small portions ... << MORE >>
Defining Moments
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings that thinks nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself" - John Stuart Mill (1862)<< MORE >>
The Depth of Dissension
My Brother's Keeper
I can't help but wonder if the government continues to subsidize irresponsible behavior --on the part of businesses and consumers.-- how they expect to cultivate something other than a culture of irresponsibility?
And as we prepare to enter a new decade; a decade that's only promise seems to be crippling debt. Washington politicians continue to borrow from the labor of American workers and their children, at levels that will bring the infrastructure of the once, seemingly invincible US economy to it's knees.<< MORE >>
And as we prepare to enter a new decade; a decade that's only promise seems to be crippling debt. Washington politicians continue to borrow from the labor of American workers and their children, at levels that will bring the infrastructure of the once, seemingly invincible US economy to it's knees.<< MORE >>
Limbaugh vs. Huffington Post
President Obama's recent comments at Hampton University suggests that he believes "too much" information is adversarial to our republic. Stating that: "Information becomes a distraction, a diversion" that is putting "pressure on our country and on our democracy.<< MORE >>
Moral Equivalence
I have often wondered why liberals --or their more ambitious and intolerant faction: 'progressives,' have such disdain for Americanism, or more specifically Capitalism. But due to my perception of progressives as being morally and intellectually dishonest, I have never excepted the explanations disseminating from the progressive camp.<< MORE >>
The American Left
The liberal progressive intellect has surpassed any need for the employment of common sense into it's dissertation of current political events in America. In fact, the greatest minds of the progressive movement seem to refrain from the slightest resemblance of logical thought when confronting the societal upheavals of modern day America.<< MORE >>
Rand Paul: A Political Firestorm
Social Acceptance in a Radical Nation
The "purpose" of 'Political Correctness' is to define the terms of acceptable speech inside the arena of political and societal debate; it attempts to create a 'social center' whereby all political and social discourse can be measured; moreover, it divides politicians and their supporters down the left and right side of this "political prime meridian."<< MORE >>
