Month: June 2008

How About Some Straight Talk on Abortion

A week or so back, I created a bit of a stir with a diary whose title referred to SCOTUS overturning Roe. And while I make no apologies for the title, I did only talk about McCain’s “fondness” for judges like Alito, Scalia and...

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The Dilemma of Black Patriotism

route66 has a diary up about today, Flag Day here in these United States. I was going to post up something I found recently that attempts to explain some recent occurances on the meaning of ‘Patriotism’, and a tie in...

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Taliban Blow-up Kandahar Prison

. More than 1,000 inmates escape, including 400 Taliban KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front...

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A Policy of 100 Years in Iraq

I know it’s hard to understand, but the threat of terrorism isn’t like the threat of losing an election. You can win 70% of the vote, but if 5% of the population is unreconciled to your victory and is willing to...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.149

Welcome back. This week we will be continuing with the painting of the (West) Cape May Victorian house.  The photo that I’m using is seen directly below. I am doing this piece in my usual acrylics in an 8×10...

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