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• Merry X-Man

  

  Comic books were hard to keep up with for a kid of limited means. Consequently, I never heard of the X-Men until the movies started coming out. Read more

  The 19 December 2012 by   Steveawiggins
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• Obama Is Starting To Waffle (Again)

  

  I admit that I had thought President Obama had learned his lesson from his first four years in office. During those years the president tried endlessly to... Read more

  The 19 December 2012 by   Jobsanger
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• Public Wants Rights For Same-Sex Couples

  

  In the last decade or so the opinion of Americans toward same-sex marriages has radically changed. Poll after poll has shown that while only a few years ago mos... Read more

  The 18 December 2012 by   Jobsanger
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• Russia Again Shoots Herself While Aiming at Something Else: Ban on Orphan...

  

  The phrase “Russia shot herself while aiming at something else” was often heard by Russians in the early days of post-Communist freedom and the ensuing period o... Read more

  The 18 December 2012 by   Mendeleyeev
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• Egyptian Constitutional Referendum: I Am Not Impressed

  

  The first part of the constitutional referendum took place this weekend in Egypt. Voting will complete on the 22d. I am not a fan of these multi-stage voting... Read more

  The 17 December 2012 by   Warigia
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• The Narcissism of Privilege: The Left Needs to Be More Not Less Aware of It

  

  “…let’s put aside our differences and start fighting back” says Tom Midlane in a recent New Statesman piece on privilege checking. Or as he so eruditely puts it... Read more

  The 17 December 2012 by   Weekwoman
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• Semi-automatic Weapons Should Not Be Legal

  

  I’ll admit I am far from a gun savant.  I have never fired a gun nor have any desire to.  After the tragedy in Newton, Connecticut this past Friday the topic... Read more

  The 16 December 2012 by   Real Talk
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• Interesting Info In Gun Debate

  

  The above chart is from Mother Jones. Note that out of all the guns used by mass killers in the last few years, at least 48 of them were obtained legally. Read more

  The 16 December 2012 by   Jobsanger
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• Victoria Soto is One of the Many Heroes of Sandy Hook Elementary School

  

  Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/ReutersAs we learn more about the tragedy that transpired on December 14th in Newtown, Connecticut we undoubtedly hear more storie... Read more

  The 16 December 2012 by   Real Talk
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• The Underground Railroad – Lessons for Today

  

  I recently attended a presentation by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart about their Underground Railroad History Project. The “railroad” was a network helping escaped... Read more

  The 15 December 2012 by   Fsrcoin
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