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President Barack Obama’s speech on Tuesday night has garnered some negative reviews, not so much due to the message itself – that’s inconsequential, after all – as much as the difficult language used by our Commander-in-Chief. Paul Payack, the president of Global Language Monitor, a Texas-based company that analyzes the cultural impact of word choices, [...]
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I was around 29 or so when I started taking my very first college classes. The college experience is pronouncedly different, I think, when you start it ten years later than most kids who are fresh out of high school. One thing that I found particularly interesting and delightful about the campus were the many [...]
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Fox News commentator Brit Hume is of the opinion that the extent to which Tiger Woods can recover from the recent scandal depends on his willingness to embrace Christianity instead of Buddhism – a faith which (half Asian) Woods inherited from his mother – because according to Hume, Buddhism “does not offer the kind of [...]
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Bromance is one of those relatively new, made-up mash-up words that I just cannot get on board with. For the uninitiated, the term implies a close but non-sexual relationship/friendship between two or more men. The term has become particularly popular in Hollywood, where movies like I Love You, Man have become a mainstay of brainless [...]
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It is not just a happy coincidence that Netflix is doing so well despite the poor economy; the company has repeatedly turned fresh and clever thinking into a successful business model. A couple of months ago word got out that major Hollywood studios were considering the possibility of delaying the release of future new DVD [...]
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Mika Salakka is a Finn living in the United States. He is a nursing assistant, a creative writer, a devoted husband, and an observer of the human condition. His interests range from music and literature to psychology, sociology, medicine, technology, and spirituality.
Mosque Building Plan At 9/11 Site Is Not The Best Of Ideas
July 16, 2010
in Commentary,Equality,Society & Culture
Someone has had a great idea: let’s build a 13-story mosque 600 yards from “Ground Zero” at the World Trade Center in New York City. The keg of worms opened up by this proposal had to have been foreseen, yet the project was launched anyway. I don’t really care to argue or reiterate the points [...]
Tagged as: 9/11, bigotry, injustice, Islam, prejudice, racism, religion, Society, terrorism
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