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All Entries in the "Newsworthy" Category
What Would The USA Be Like If Bill Gates Were President?
For readers outside of America, you might not have heard that we’re in the middle of a political showdown (circus?) called the Race for the Presidency. As each day goes by, we hear the latest in the mud slinging and name calling that goes on between the political parties and their candidates.
As I was IM-ing [...]
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Why Does Skin Color Matter?
How many organizations have you come across that have the color of the skin of its members in the name of that organization? Or maybe it included their ethnicity? Or maybe their sexual preference?
I’ll bet that of the ones that came to mind, not one of them had “white”, or “American”, or “straight” in their [...]
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Wendy’s Doesn’t Know What I Deserve
I was eating a burger I had purchased from a fast-food restaurant, Wendy’s, last week. As I was eating it, I was reading the cup my soda came in. On the side it said, “Your deserve a download with your burger.” which was encouraging me to download a free music file from Rhapsody.
At first, that [...]
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A New Gig: I’m An Author On Digital Journal
Last week, I received an invitation from the managing editor of Digital Journal, David Silverberg, asking me to join as a contributing author. Digital Journal is a growing news community where professional journalists and citizen journalists (me) report on a variety of topics from around the world.
I’m especially excited about this because it will provide [...]
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I Saw A Man Almost Fall To His Death
I was driving up a rather long and narrow overpass last Friday. Traffic was moving slowly, but at a constant pace. It wasn’t just over a street. No, this one traversed fields and was meant to allow traffic to enter onto another major highway.
The car ahead of me put on his brakes rather abruptly causing [...]
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America’s In A Downward Spiral
A lot of the time I wish my government, the American government, would just wake up out of its funk and start doing the right thing for its citizens. Everyday I hear about some scandal involving a government official, mud-slinging among presidential candidates, illegal immigrants standing up for their “rights” (excuse me?) and their supporters [...]
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