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Troubled by Events Here and Afar…But at Least I can Watch Baseball Tonight

Remnant of an Army  I have had a hard time sleeping this week. There have been two things on my mind. One is the situation in Afghanistan which I think is much more dangerous than anyone wants to admit and … Continue reading

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52 Years: Musing on Life and Civil Rights in 2012

Trayvon Martin and Emmit Till Well about this time of night some 52 years ago my mom was deep into a very long day of labor at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland California. 52 years and it doesn’t really … Continue reading

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Killing Trayvon: The Power of Fear and Racism

Trayvon Martin and his Killer George Zimmerman By all accounts George Zimmerman is nothing more than a vigilante and thug, a self-deputized “Neighborhood Watch Captain” who may well get away with the cold blooded murder of a teenager.  A teenage … Continue reading

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Remembering the Men of the Negro Leagues: Carl Long Appreciation Day

Carl Long Night: L-R  James “Spot”King, Hubert “Big Daddy”Wooten, Dennis “Bose”Biddle and Carl Long  at Historical Grainger Stadium Friday I had the privilege of being invited to spend a portion of the day a number of former Negro League players, … Continue reading

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Blazing Saddles and Contemporary American Life and Politics

 The affairs of state http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiF0M4uOhgI&feature=related What’s a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this? Sometimes a film can capture the spirit of a society. If there is an iconic film that captures the spirit of America … Continue reading

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My God what have we Come To?

There are times like today when I think I felt safer in Iraq In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t … Continue reading

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Padre Steve a Marxist? Oh Please Give the Padre a Break

“You took a few well known history facts added some negroid glitz and glam, and arrogantly rest on your piss bucket of drivel as if you know something. You meinen Herr are a cretinous asshole of predictable disposition. I smell … Continue reading

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Tom Hanks on the Pacific War and the Impact of Race in the Pacific War

Anti US Japanese Propaganda This is my third installment of my series background for the new HBO series “The Pacific.” The producer of this series is actor and producer Tom Hanks. Hanks has also acted in “Saving Private Ryan” and … Continue reading

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The Danger of Right Wing and Left Wing Extremism

“Let everyone regulate his conduct… by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.”  William Wilberforce The past two weeks … Continue reading

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