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A Beacon Extinguished

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Update II: The pastor of Holy Spirit School has cancelled an Alumni Mass that was previously scheduled. Don’t let the great people, the building, and the values that shaped so many young people to fade quietly into the dark. Sign the … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate School But Love Education

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Interesting and a thought provoker. Dig it!

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The ‘pay to grieve’ 9/11 museum is a national disgrace

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

By Sally Regenhard The world’s most expensive memorial — the National September 11th Memorial and Museum — nearly became a fiscal flatliner, it was learned this week. If it weren’t for billionaire mayor and 9/11 memorial-museum chairman Mike Bloomberg’s “loan” of … Continue reading →

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The Fight Over Gun Control Has Revealed America’s New Civil War

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

By Robert Reich My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as background checks supported … Continue reading →

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Never Say ‘Never Again’

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Our foolish obsession with stopping the next attack. By Juliette Kayyem There will be no politicians at the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. They are no longer invited. Organizers of the memorial have now … Continue reading →

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Why Americans Are So Ignorant — It’s Not Only Fox News, There Are Some Understandable Reasons for it

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

By Lawrence Davidson In 2008, Rick Shenkman, the Editor-in-Chief of the History News Network, published a book entitled Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter. In it he demonstrated, among other things, that most Americans … Continue reading →

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How corrupt is New York? Very

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

By Greg David New York is more corrupt than other states, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesday, in announcing the arrest of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and others in the latest bribery scandal to rock the Empire State. He didn’t say how … Continue reading →

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The First Honest Cable Company

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

I grew up with free over the air television. Between the UHF and VHF bands New York City had a plethora of content available. While it may not have been 24 hour broadcasting and would have proven to be of … Continue reading →

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Prevent Another Steubenville: What All Mothers Must Do for Their Sons

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

  by Kim Simon   When Max was just a few months old, I sat cross-legged on the floor with him in a circle of other mothers. The facilitator for our “Mommy and Me” playgroup would throw a question out … Continue reading →

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Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there’s good news)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Fascinating presentation from Bono. Sometimes we have to look at the glass as “being half full” instead of half empty.  

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