Tag: New Visions Commentary

A Relationship with God Plays into Lives of Both Virtue and Vice, by Leah Sammons

A Relationship with God Plays into Lives of Both Virtue and Vice, by Leah Sammons

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At an earlier time in their lives, Steven L. Craft and Roxon Flowers could not appear more different.  Craft was a drug addict.  Flowers was a New York City detective. Eventually, however, these two seemingly disparate spirits became friends.  In ...
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Making Sense of Mexico, by Jeffrey Brian Hicks

Making Sense of Mexico, by Jeffrey Brian Hicks

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While trying to morally justify the continuous and illegal flow of Mexican nationals over our border, Mexican President Vicente Fox recently sparked an uproar that may be telling about Mexican society. With national security and economic concerns related to this ...
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Learning Clarence Thomas's First Principles, by Darryn "Dutch" Martin

Learning Clarence Thomas’s First Principles, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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From his gut-wrenching confirmation hearings in 1991 through his past 13 years on the bench, Clarence Thomas is likely the most misunderstood justice ever to sit on the United States Supreme Court. As a black conservative jurist, he continues to ...
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The Lionel Tate Saga Continues, by Darryn "Dutch" Martin

The Lionel Tate Saga Continues, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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Lionel Tate is back in the news again. Tate is the young black boy from Florida who was convicted of brutally murdering a six-year-old girl when he was only 12 and became the youngest person in American history to be ...
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"Crash" Causes Pain, by B.B. Robinson

“Crash” Causes Pain, by B.B. Robinson

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Recent box office receipts indicate a significant number of people are taking notice of "Crash," a recent movie that attempts to explain why each of us may hold certain notions about other ethnic groups. Douglas Young, on the Internet Movie ...
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Janice Rogers Brown's Equal Justice, by Craig DeLuz

Janice Rogers Brown’s Equal Justice, by Craig DeLuz

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One of the most contentious of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees was California Supreme Court Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown.  Highly rated by the American Bar Association, Justice Brown is praised by her peers on the California Supreme Court, ...
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Five Suggestions for Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Five Suggestions for Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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While shopping recently, I ended up in one of those boxy, warehouse-like stores with a dreaded common dressing room. Four women of different races, ages, shapes and sizes pretended not to notice each other. Suddenly, we heard Michael Jackson's voice ...
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Social Security Reform for All Retirees, Present and Future, by Ak'bar Shabazz

Social Security Reform for All Retirees, Present and Future, by Ak’bar Shabazz

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Social Security is in dire condition. Most agree that benefits for present retirees should be protected. At the same time, it's equally important to make sure younger generations - future retirees - see a return on the billions of dollars ...
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The Poor Deserve More Than Reimports. by Council Nedd II and Leslie O. Anderson

The Poor Deserve More Than Reimports. by Council Nedd II and Leslie O. Anderson

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In the Bible, the Book of Proverbs has a passage which reads, "a good person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked cannot understand such things." The Gospel of St. Matthew talks about society's obligation to the "the ...
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Terri Schiavo: America's Lost Hope, by Djana Milton

Terri Schiavo: America’s Lost Hope, by Djana Milton

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Terri Schiavo, a woman who collapsed at 26 and suffered severe brain damage, is dead because her husband and our justice system determined that her life wasn't worth living. Many of us never seriously contemplate our own deaths, especially at ...
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