Year: 2013

Yuck It Up Over Congress, But You Really May Dislike Obama More, by Derryck Green

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People think Congress sucks, and there's statistical evidence to prove they do. According to a recent national poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, Congress has a favorability rating of nine percent. The reputation of Congress is so bad that, when ...
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Following MLK’s Visionary Path, by Demetrius Minor

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Had he not been cut down in his prime, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would now be 84 years old. He was undeniably a beacon of hope and a pillar of light in the midst of the dark and evil ...
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Another Month, Another Bunch of Bad Economic News

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Just like the office created to close Gitmo, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness slowly faded away.  The Council, with a two-year mandate in which only four face-to-face meetings were held, officially ceased to exist yesterday. Unfortunately for Obama, ...
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How Free Are We? We’re Number 10! We’re Number 10! Teresa Platt

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The USA ranked Number 10 in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom prepared by the conservative Heritage Foundation and the financially astute Wall Street Journal. Designed for the computer age, the Index features interactive graphs and charts.  Seriously, your kids ...
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Hollywood, Games and Gun Violence: It’s All in the Name

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There is merely lip service being paid by some politicians about how movies, television and video games might contribute to the culture of violence that has lead to so many shootings these days.  And that’s considered bad enough.  The pushback ...
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The Origin and Purpose of Black History Month

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Project 21 member Stacy Swimp has a new essay on the teaching and commemoration of black history as it was intended by its creators.  This essay is set to become an upcoming New Visions Commentary that will be distributed to ...
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The Origin and Purpose of Black History Month, by Stacy Swimp

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History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on the map of human geography. History tells a people where they have ...
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Colds, Flu, and the RSV Virus in Underserved Communities, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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It's cold and flu season again, and people desperately want to remain healthy, avoiding bugs that can linger and keep them down for two or three weeks. For example, there are regularly six daily absences in my daughter's class — ...
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Politics and Pawns, by Hughey Newsome

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A pawn, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is "one that can be used to further the purposes of another." It implies the desires of the used are not being addressed, or are at least secondary to the desires of ...
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How Free Are We? We’re Number 10! We’re Number 10!

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The USA ranked Number 10 in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom prepared by the conservative Heritage Foundation and the financially astute Wall Street Journal. Designed for the computer age, the Index features interactive graphs and charts.  Seriously, your kids ...
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