Month: January 2012

Morning Song For King Day

Even more remarkable than the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr’s life is the fact that on Nov. 2, 1983 President Ronald Reagan (yes, this Ronald Reagan, and listen to the crowd’s reaction at 1:22 when Reagan proclaims,...

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We Could Each Be Dr. King

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 83 this year. He has been dead for longer than he was alive. As his living memory fades, replaced by a feel-good “I have a dream” whitewash that ignores much of what he...

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Goodbye, Huntsman

Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the race and endorsing Mitt Romney. I’m glad he won’t have a chance to run against the man who made him our ambassador to China. On the other hand, it’s kind of sad that the...

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Jiye America… Jiye Drone Attacks… :p

. Comments in thread by article are very positive and express appreciation for America: hindu pakistan1 Jan 15, 2012 – 8:20PM “Thank you America” – [“Jiye America…”] TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike...

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Oh Happy Day!

From our vantage point it can be hard to grasp what an astonishing moment it was in American popular culture when, in the spring of 1969, a gospel song performed by a group of young Black Pentecostals from Oakland, CA broke onto...

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