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75The History of The Pledge of Allegiance in the United States
Norman Rockwell's The Pledge of Allegiance Having taught students from other nations, and having visited other countries, I know that the idea of a Pledge of Allegiance in not peculiar to the U.S. But in the U.S. many of us do not know the long and...
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72Why Do We Love Rumors?
Did you hear about...? Why do we gravitate toward conspiracy theories, unproven and usually unprovable stories that are so fantastic that we just have to believe them to be true? Bill Clinton frequently conferred with space aliens about domestic...
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70Ah! I Long For The Good Old Days!
There seems to be a gene inside of every human being that yearns to look backward, to a time when all the best things in our lives happened, as well as an aversion toward looking forward, into the dark place where anything and everything bad and...
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602 million kids in NYC
Time to Modernize! I heard a report on MSNBC this morning that claimed 2 million kids were living in shelters or were homeless on the streets in New York City. If that is correct, then we have joined such...
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60People are dying out there!
When a hurricane devastates the coast line, the Federal government and scores of volunteer groups head straight for the disaster area. They deploy and serve the needy, regardless of race, creed, religion or...
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56Health Insurance in the United States
I am fortunate. For the most part I have had health coverage all my life, with a few exceptions here and there. I also need health coverage to keep me alive. I have high blood pressure, severe depression, post...
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62ACORN: What is going on here?
There has been a lot in the news over the past year concerning ACORN also known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. On the surface this community organization is mainly concerned with...
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62Tea Bag This
OK, if you've been following the news lately you may have heard about this so-called tea bag protest against higher taxes. I had to laugh because the issue seems really important, but the substance behind is sadly laking. People on the right-wing...
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