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News Follow-Ups
In the past few years, I have dedicated several essays to the drive to bring to a theater near you: a feature-length film version of the 1965-1968 spy television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – […]
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President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”
From the White House: President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel AME who were killed on […]
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President Obama: “The Affordable Care Act is here to stay”
From the White House: On March 23, 2010, I sat down at a table in the East Room of the White House and signed my name on a law that said, once and for all, […]
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The Business Card Left at the End of Our Driveway
The two sides of the business card recently left at the end of our driveway. Fierce
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Let Our People Vote
Today, Democrats in Congress will introduce the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015, a bill intended to repair the damage done to the Voting Rights Act by the Shelby County v Holder Supreme Court ruling […]
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Leonard Pitts: “Where can we find sanctuary?”
Leonard Pitts, widely syndicated opinion writer for the Miami Herald, published an editorial yesterday: There is no sanctuary He begins with the definition of “sanctuary”: The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary. […]
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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. You can help.
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Charleston, SC If you are feeling the need to immediately do something to help the congregation of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, you can donate directly to the […]
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Creating New Pathways of Opportunity for Americans Like You
The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President spoke […]
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The 1959-1964 Musical Interregnum
An overview of the period between the Day the Music Died (1959) to the British Invasion (1964) – when the US music industry was in transition. Fierce
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in “Cheers & […]