January 20, 2005
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Guest Commentator
I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. – Dr. Martin…
I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised…
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“Any revolutionary movement cannot succeed if the power of that movement is not in the hands of the poor.” – James Forman Jim Forman died last week at age 76, the same age Martin Luther King Jr. would have been this week if he had not been assassinated. These two allies and rivals in the…
"Any revolutionary movement cannot succeed if the power of that movement is not in the hands of the poor." – James Forman Jim Forman died last…
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“…instructions given performers include a warning not to look directly at Bush while passing the presidential reviewing stand, not to look to either side and not to make any sudden movements.” – Scripps Howard News Service report on Bush inaugural activities. It is clear that George W. Bush is suffering from a terrible pathology, a…
“…instructions given performers include a warning not to look directly at Bush while passing the presidential reviewing stand, not to look to either side and not…
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I was extremely pleased when I read the list of players selected for the NFL’s 2005 Pro Bowl. For the first time in NFL history, all the quarterbacks for a Pro Bowl Team, in this case the NFC, are black: Duante Culpepper, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick (making Rush Limbaugh eat crow – well, more…
I was extremely pleased when I read the list of players selected for the NFL’s 2005 Pro Bowl. For the first time in NFL history, all…
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On a sunny July day in 1887, Cap Anson of the Chicago White Stockings refused to play a team from Newark unless they removed their starting pitcher, an African American named George Stovey. Thus began the 60 year reign of apartheid baseball in America. The present day media fuss over steroid use in major league…
On a sunny July day in 1887, Cap Anson of the Chicago White Stockings refused to play a team from Newark unless they removed their starting…
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