Diversity

Talk about being dismayed. I had always seen December as the season where people pull together the most and forget about the differences that their lives have, for the most part. Then I come across this story on CNN about the Tufts University student newspaper printing a parody of O Come All Ye Faithful, instead […]

I don’t often get quoted in other blogs, something I hope changes as I get to the point of fame that I, probably stupidly, want to reach some day. So I admit surprise and elation at being quoted in one of the blogs I have on my blogroll, which I’d added just because I like […]

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A few days ago, out of the blue, a congressman had to resign amid reports that he had written inappropriately to a page, a high school student selected to participate in special programs for the federal government. During the ensuing hubbub, it turned out that he had engaged in the practice for awhile, and it […]

Last week, I sent out my regular newsletter on a topic surrounding the upcoming fifth anniversary of the tragedy of the Twin Towers in NYC. It received numerous comments, very positive stuff. However, one comment came in that didn’t address the newsletter at all. It was from someone in another country, and he decided instead […]

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There’s a new movie out called World Trade Center. Channels such as A&E and the History Channel are presenting many shows on different aspects of what happened on that day, and subsequently. At the same time, every day another American gets killed or kidnapped in Iraq or Afghanistan, and ends up with their face splashed […]

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