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How Our Internet Heroes Lost Their Cool

May 16, 2012 By Steven Mikulan Leave a Comment

Steven Mikulan: The true Apple ethos — far from the progressive stereotype rendered by its ranks of official hagiographers — is one of exploit, avoid, and hide.

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Local Reaction to the Tragic Death of Don Cornelius

February 2, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Tragic Death of Don Cornelius: Can Any Black Man Be Happy? LA Writer’s Project asks ‘What Is a Happy Black Man?’ Los Angeles – “I honor Mr. Cornelius’ business and cultural legacy,” says Peter J. Harris, director of The Black Man of Happiness Project (BMofH). “He tapped the music in us all. But I’m painfully [...]

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Evolution of Nomenclature: Negro to African-American

January 25, 2012 By H. Scott Prosterman 5 Comments

As a child in the South, I observantly called black people black people. That is until I was corrected by my mother sometime around 1962. She said, “It’s not nice to call people black, we say “colored.” Mom had joined the NAACP in college and knew about these things. I’d been told that black wasn’t [...]

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The Gingrich Who Stole South Carolina

January 24, 2012 By Dan Pasley Leave a Comment

Dan Pasley: Let’s face it Mr. Gingrich, there’s really no dispute, you’re just a mass of toxic gas trapped in a fat man’s suit!

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MLK Day Reflection for LGBTQ Justice in the Black Church

January 15, 2012 By Rev. Irene Monroe 1 Comment

Rev. Irene Monroe: if King was with us today he would be sad with how homophobia continues within the Black Church community, having both a profound impact on the mistreatment of its LGBTQ communities, and its inattentiveness on the AIDS epidemic ravaging the black community.

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Miss America: Auditioning for Center Stage

January 13, 2012 By Walter M. Brasch Leave a Comment

Walter Brasch: The Miss America Organization—which makes the Mafia look like a second rate fraternity—doesn’t tell contestants they must attend college. But, every one of the state winners is planning to be a college graduate.

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One Jew’s Christmas

December 23, 2011 By Walter M. Brasch 2 Comments

Walter Brasch: What I do mind is the pomposity of some of the religious right who deliberately accost me, often with an arrogant sneer on their lips, to order me to accept their “well wishes” of a “Merry Christmas.”

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Top 5 Health Expenses You Didn’t Know Could Be Tax Free

December 6, 2011 By Manisha Thakor Leave a Comment

Manisha Thakor: Healthcare FSAs (as well as also valuable dependent care and commuter accounts) allow you to cover eligible expenses with money that is taken out of your paycheck before taxes.

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Beloved Writer, Comic Mike Price Has Passed Away

November 14, 2011 By Dick and Sharon 10 Comments

Wayne Williams: Mike was cantankerous, brilliant, stubborn, and, of course, funny. He never knew his parents, was adopted and raised by a casino boss, served with the U.S. Marines in Korea, wrote for many comedy shows and comics, and wrote perfect prose to his hearts content, performed stand up himself, and taught others how to do so as well.

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Is This the Antidote to Reactivity?

November 11, 2011 By Michael Sigman Leave a Comment

Michael Sigman: Scientific research indicates that meditation practice can actually change our brain structure to ameliorate reactivity. But meditation is just one tool for what, at the extreme, is known as impulse control disorder.

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