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What Can the Tea Party Do to Attract Minorities? by Emery McClendon

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As a tea party organizer and black man, I am often asked how a movement with the critical mission of saving and restoring our republic can attract minorities currently weak in numbers in tea party ranks. The mainstream media and ...
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Blacks’ Role in the U.S. Economy, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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Some black women are not very concerned about the fact that 72 percent of black babies born in 2008 were born out of wedlock. These women take an analytical approach to relationships and don't always see a valid reason to ...
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Trust for Us, by B.B. Robinson

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There is a lot of discussion of the black community's problems: poverty, crime, high incarceration rates and high unemployment. But there isn't much discussion of "trust." An absence of focus on the trust deficit in the black community obscures an ...
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Threat of Mexican Drug Violence Likely to Lead to Use of U.S. Troops Along Southern Border, by Jimmie L. Hollis

Threat of Mexican Drug Violence Likely to Lead to Use of U.S. Troops Along Southern Border, by Jimmie L. Hollis

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There is a rising belief that Mexico is becoming a new drug war-era Columbia, and that our federal government should deploy the military along our southern border right now. Experts believe conditions exist inside Mexico that mirror those found in ...
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Obama Patter Preempts American Priorities, by Lisa Fritsch

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What was that big Obama speech all about? Officially, it was the State of the Union Address — the annual report, constitutionally-mandated, from the President to Congress. Back in the day, it wasn't a big thing. Many such reports were ...
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Obama Energy Policy to Create a Winter of Discontent, by Deneen Borelli

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As the thermometer dips lower and snow begins to pile up, the need for cheap and efficient power for heat and light is essential. But the Obama Administration's war on fossil fuels makes the guarantee of a comfortable winter increasingly ...
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The New York Times: Three-Fifths Of A Newspaper, by Bob Parks

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It's sad enough that the editors at the New York Times believe it is a "theatrical production of unusual pomposity" for the new Republican congressional leadership to require "that every bill cite its basis in the Constitution" and that they ...
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DC a Sign of Our Nation’s Times, by Lisa Fritsch

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Our nation's capital exemplifies what America can become, but not in a good way. Results from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey finds abysmally high percentages of single-parent households in underprivileged neighborhoods. As the District of Columbia is a special ...
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The Vick Comeback: More Than Just On the Field, by Coby W. Dillard

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Stories of redemption are common. Drug addicts kick their habits to rejoin civil society; corrupt investors become charitable. But rarely is there a story of someone overcoming their demons in which people not only want to watch, but want to ...
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There Is No Free Barbeque, by Greg Collins

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There Is No Free Barbeque by Greg Collins Since when is barbeque a threat to civil rights? An Alexandria, Virginia attorney seems to think it is. Ed Ablard filed a lawsuit to halt the opening of a barbeque restaurant in ...
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