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PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. –Proverbs 16:18 People often talk about the role sex plays in motivating behavior. But the power of ego to determine history is...
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WHAT THE MAJOR HAS TO TELL US
Major Dundee is a 1965 Sam Peckinpah Western focusing on a Union cavalry officer (Charlton Heston) who leads a motley troop of soldiers into Mexico to rescue three children kidnapped by Apaches. Along...
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THE DANGERS OF TIMIDITY
President Barack Obama–or at least Neil Kornze, the director of the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM)–has some serious lessons to learn about the uses of power. For more than 20 years, Cliven...
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LINCOLN WEEPS
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, lay dying at The Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee. Jackson had spent his adult life defending the infant United...
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GENERAL SHERMAN’S ADVICE TO ISRAEL
Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson, the great Southern general of the American Civil War (1861-1865) had a simple philosophy of war. To end Union efforts to crush the newly-minted Confederate States...
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WHY THE POOR SUPPORT THE RICH: PART ONE (OF TWO)
On July 22, 2011, the Pew Foundation, analyzing voter identification, found that the GOP had gained strength among white voters, most specifically “the young and poor.” A seven-point Democratic...
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WHY THE POOR SUPPORT THE RICH: PART TWO (END)
Republicans have long tried to prevent or eliminate programs that aid the poor and middle-class, including: Social Security – since it began in 1935 Medicare – since it began in 1965 Food stamps –...
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A REMEDY FOR TREASON: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Scotland’s failed vote to withdraw from the United Kingdom has stirred fresh hopes in millions of Americans who want to see their states leave the Union. Almost a quarter of Americans would like to see...
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A REMEDY FOR TREASON: PART TWO (END)
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, lay close to death. “What act of my administration will be most severely condemned by future Americans?” he asked his...
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MENTALITIES, NOT PARTIES, MAKE HISTORY
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is more than a mesmerizing history lesson. It’s a timely reminder that racism and repression are not confined to any one period or political party. At the heart of the film:...
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THE COMING IMPEACHMENT
Some Republicans–like Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah–want their new majorities in the House and Senate to make “producing legislation” a top priority. But others will soon make the impeachment of...
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BE FEARED, NOT DESPISED
Screaming “Allah akbar!”–the Islamic battlecry, “God is Great!”–two Palestinians wielding meat cleavers and a gun slaughtered five worshippers in a Jerusalem synagogue. Three of the dead were Americans...
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“LINCOLN”: ISSUES PAST AND PRESENT
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is more than a mesmerizing history lesson. It’s a timely reminder that racism and repression are not confined to any one period or political party. At the heart of the film:...
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MORE LESSONS FROM “LINCOLN”
Steven Spielberg’s 2012 movie Lincoln serves up a timely reminder that has long been obscured by past and current Southern lies. Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) tours a Civil War battlefield From...
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ILLEGAL ALIENS = UNRELIABLE ALLIES
Some Republicans–like Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah–want their new majorities in the House and Senate to make “producing legislation” a top priority. But others will soon make the impeachment of...
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH ISN’T FREE
WARNING: Believing that the First Amendment gives you the legal right to express your opinion may be hazardous to your career. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “Congress...
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REWRITING HISTORY: BUSH AND STALIN
At one time, Americans believed that wholesale rewriting of history could happen only in the Soviet Union. “The problem with writing about history in the Soviet Union,” went the joke, “is that you...
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THE FAULT LIES IN US
During a GOP primary debate on June 13, 2011, CNN moderator John King noted that FEMA–the Federal Emergency Management Agency–was about to run out of money. And so he asked Republican Presidential...
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LESSONS FROM “LINCOLN”: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Argo won for Best Picture at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony. But, in the long run, it will be Lincoln who is deservingly remembered–and loved. Argo focuses on a humiliating episode that most...
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LESSONS FROM “LINCOLN”: PART TWO (END)
Argo was selected as Best Picture at the 2013 Academy Awards. But it is Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln that will be cherished far longer. Among the reasons for this: Daniel Day-Lewis’ brilliant portrayal...
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