Tag: New Visions Commentary

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Why the Rush to Judgment in Ferguson? by Joe R. Hicks

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Eighteen year-old Michael Brown was finally laid to rest, but issues surrounding this tragic killing have not been.  The facts surrounding the police shooting of the teenager remain largely unknown, with a grand jury hearing testimony and at least three ...
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Let’s Unite and Put ISIS to Flight, by Archbishop Council Nedd II

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Having studied and taught history, I tend to look at things with a slightly longer view and in a broader context than most people. Most people tend to view the political world map as always having looked the way it ...
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A Firewall is Needed Against Militant Islam, by Archbishop Council Nedd II

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What's a firewall? It's an impenetrable barrier meant to stop an undesirable action. In politics, consider the example of the 1988 United States presidential race.  After several embarrassing defeats in early primaries, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush's campaign manager announced ...
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An Upside to Focusing on Race, by Demetrius Minor

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Because of the hypersensitivity to which our world has succumbed, race is a frightening or taboo subject for many. Nonetheless, we should all talk about it. It's really hard to label anyone an expert on race. Many of us have ...
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Vets Deserve Better Care, and Obama Knows It (Yet Fails to Provide It), by Kevin L. Martin

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There are plenty of veterans such as myself who see President Obama's public reaction to the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs as both political theater and a desperate attempt to cover his posterior. First of all, his reaction ...
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Economic Lessons from Egypt: Grow the Economic Pie Instead of Subsidizing It, by Hughey Newsome

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A common criticism of liberals is that their solution to every problem is to throw money at it. Why not? Government has a lot of money and can tax the people and businesses to get more of it. It’s a ...
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In Defense of the Lobbyist, by Gianno Caldwell

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Lobbyists have a bad reputation because it's said they are in it for themselves. It's said lobbyists will do anything to make a dollar and that special interest lobbyists are ruining America. But what is a lobbyist? Are they all ...
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How to End the Violence in “Chiraq”, by Gianno Caldwell

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Between July 3rd and July 7th, 82 people were wounded and 16 killed by gunfire. If you think I'm talking about violence in Iraq, you're wrong. I'm talking about happenings in "Chiraq," a new nickname for Chicago — my hometown ...
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It’s Not Up to Obama to Rename the Redskins, by Stacy Swimp

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The Obama PC police strike again. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled trademark registrations for the Washington Redskins football team. The federal agency made this rare move deeming the team's name offensive to Native Americans. To be clear, I ...
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The Progressive War on Truth Claims Another Victim, by Stacy Washington

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Sean Bergin is the latest casualty in the progressive War on Truth. Bergin, a reporter for News 12, a regional television station in New York and New Jersey, interviewed the widow of a criminal shot and killed by police. Lawrence ...
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