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E.M. Forster and Facebook
“Big Brother” is watching you in a very “Orwellian” way. Has been for years. People who have never heard of George Orwell know of the term “Big Brother.” In many ways his dark vision of what the year 1984 would look like is prophetic. For example, his novel 1984 takes place during a never-ending war…
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My Sisters Teach Equality to the Women of Afghanistan
As Afghanistan attempts to reach a peace accord with Taliban leaders, U.S. lawmakers, says USA Today, “have made clear that they want women’s rights preserved in any potential deal to integrate former insurgents into the government.” My five sisters took it upon themselves to prepare Afghani women for equality. “We hear the Taliban men made…
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Bright Side of the BP Oil Spill
To say the news coming out of the Gulf is not what you call encouraging is like saying it’s been a rough week for Dennis Hopper. And it’s making people crazy.
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A New Red Storm Rising?
This week Chinese officials brushed off U.S. Defense Secretary Gates on a proposed meeting to discuss looming military issues and bolster communication. Their reason? It was “inconvenient.â€
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…While the Oil Gushes
The term “deep water†usually means you’re in trouble and “horizon†is what lies ahead. So the ill-fated drilling rig Deepwater Horizon is aptly named.
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Not One of the Ten Commandments Is in the Constitution
There are no democratically elected leaders in the Christian bible. I know – it’s shocking. But, if you catch the rhetoric pertaining to the US Constitution, you’d think the Ten Commandments are its bullet points. They’re not. The whole idea of a representative democracy (a Greek word) comes from Ancient (think then-solvent) Greece. The leaders…
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How Would You Like Your Tea — Sweetened or Unsweetened?
Kentucky is not normally a state that is seen as a bellwether to the national political mood. Comfortably in the “Red,” the Bluegrass State often passes through the electoral season with very little national fanfare. Last night that changed. For the first time since its rapid evolvement, the Tea Party movement helped a significant political…
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For Capitalists, Obesity is a Sign of Marketing Success
Hold the skinny jeans, we’re in the middle of a massive obesity epidemic. Every night we have to stare at stock footage of Americans waddling around in their maxed-out sweat pants on the nightly news. It’s clear; we’re fat. Our kids are fat. Our pets are fat. According to some Wall Street insiders, the trader…
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We Are the Wonks
Outside Ohio, the question isn’t so much whether basketball superstar LeBron James will opt to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but whether a shamelessly hokey rendition of “We Are the World,” sung by local politicians and media folk, will have any actual impact on his thinking. The Ohio version goes: “Please stay, LeBron; We really…
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Manhattan Flannel
Raging Moderate, by Will Durst There they go again. The Democrats, that is. All Mitch McConnell had to do was threaten to wave his arms and intone his mantra of “Activist Judges!” and they flinched like a red-headed stepchild in goal at the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. On the other hand, when Republicans pick a…
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