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Why The Red Equal Sign Matters
Every time I see a Facebook status or a tweet that reads like this:I personally think that our country has much bigger problems than debating gay marriage. Severe obesity, soaring healthcare costs,...
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Many Conservatives and Christians "Outraged" That Google Honored Cesar Chavez...
The persecution complex doesn't even take Easter off, apparently. Today, many on the far right wing are outraged that Google displayed a doodle of Cesar Chavez on Cesar Chavez day. My first exposure...
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Opening Day and My Uncle
Baseball is a game designed for the intellectuals. There's a certain power in the numbers as they bleed from boxscores. And there's a peculiar beauty in the stories of players old and new, told by...
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Indiana Governor Rewards Private Prison Lobby with Draconian Marijuana...
I have a new and self-imposed policy that I follow when I see a news report of some bull-headed politician proposing some law to put low-level drug possessors in prison. That rule? Follow the money,...
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Okiciyap: When We Help, the Transformative Power of Compassion
"I did not know then, how much was ended. When I look back now, from this high hill of my old age, I can still see the butchered women and children, lying heaped and scattered, all along the crooked...
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22 Years of Education Complete: An Ode to Dedicated Teachers
“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their...
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One Football Player Resolves to Make a Difference in Lives, Families, and...
When people ask me why I love sports, and more importantly, why sports matter, I invariably tell them it's because some stars have the ability to transcend their on-field talent, leaving ripples of...
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Judging the Sin, Not the Sinner: ESPN's Chris Broussard is a Coward
Yes, I am talking to you, unimaginative hack with credentials supplied by ESPN. Chris Broussard had an opinion about the Jason Collins coming-out party, and I commend him for being willing to stand...
View ArticleSemi-Automatic Rifle Gunman Shot and Killed in Houston Airport
Well, this is disconcerting. Just when I finish booking flights for my parents to land at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, CNN tells us that a man entered Terminal B with a military-style,...
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Sergio Garcia is a Racist, and Adidas/TaylorMade Should Drop Him
Remember that time a young Tiger Woods burst onto the scene at the 1997 Masters, winning by a bucketful of strokes? Then remember the next year, when angry old white man Fuzzy Zoeller quipped that the...
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Diarist Grizzard Graduates Law School: Nothing Good is Completed Alone
I recently graduated from law school. Just less than five years ago, I decided that I'd put myself through the struggle of LSAT preparation and the stress of personal statements. I had vague notions...
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America is Not a Christian Nation
From time to time, we all hear the well-worn calls of the conservative, fundamentalist Right. They may be arguing for one policy proposition or another, but their arguments eventually meander to a...
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Bill Zedler, Texas Republican and Resident Idiot, Accuses Wendy Davis of...
Sensationalist headline, eh? Maybe. Following tonight's dramatic and awesome People's Fillibuster, Texas Republican legislator Bill Zedler took to Twitter to unleash a half-literate rant that read as...
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"Gideon's Army": A Note to Those Heroes in Public Defense
Director Dawn Porter has undertaken the unenviable task of shining a light on America's underclass of attorneys. Those people are public defenders, and they're charged with defending America's real...
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For Veteran's Day: A Part of My Uncle Died in the Vietnamese Jungle
Author's note: This piece was originally published November 7, 2012 here at DailyKos. In advance of veteran's day, I felt it necessary to re-post in hopes of raising awareness and telling my uncle's...
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Wisconsin School District Suspends Black Teenagers for Celebrating While Black
Certain activities in the United States are lethal or criminal based solely on the racial composition of the person doing them. Driving while black, for instance, prompts suspicion across the country....
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The State of Texas Has Held a Man in Prison for 33 Years Without a Valid...
Meet Jerry Hartfield. He's 55 years old, and for 33 of those years, he's been housed in a Texas prison without a valid conviction or sentence. Hartfield has been described by the New York Daily News...
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South Carolina Mayor Fires Town's First Female Police Chief Because She's Gay
Crystal Moore shortly after her firing. Let me introduce you to Latta, South Carolina. Not too far off of I-95 before one gets to South of the Border - you know, the horribly disappointing "theme park"...
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South Carolina Governor Believes It's Time for Blacks to Stop Congregating at...
Let me introduce you to the Atlantic Beach Bikefest, more commonly called "Black Bike Week." It happens during Memorial Day weekend, when tens of thousands of black bikers descend upon an area just...
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What If You Could Keep A Current Teenager From Landing On Death Row?
"I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile." -Tom Clark Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas is accurately dubbed the state's "death row," and given...
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