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 | » Turning the 'Duke City' into the 'City Immaculate.'
by Jeremy Reynalds
The caller sounded a little frantic. Identifying herself as the manager of a local motel, the woman explained that she was having problems with a woman who had been staying at her motel. She explained that "Josephine's" (not her real name) ... read more
• April 14, 2007 |
 | » Statue Of Liberty Should Be A Liberated Woman
by Frederick Meekins
One of the most comic irrationalities to come out of the Vietnam War that a village had to be destroyed in order to save it. Half a world away, the comment has become something of a joke ever since epitomizing government stupidity; however, as simila... read more
• February 9, 2007 |
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| » English Need Not Board
by Frederick Meekins
Rosa Parks earned her place in American iconography for refusing to go to the back of the bus. But at least she would have been permitted to remain on the bus, which would have been more than is being allowed for three Saint Paul school children who ... read more
• January 28, 2007 |
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| » A Review Of Moral Choices
by Frederick Meekins
It has been said that we have come as far as we have only because we stand on the shoulders of giants. One of the strengths of ethics when studied as part of a survey of Western civilization has been the discipline's emphasis on consulting the accumu... read more
• January 16, 2007 |
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| » Trump An Enemy Of Free Speech
by Frederick Meekins
One of the more recent James Bond movies was titled "The World Is Not Enough". It would seem the expression also summarizes Donald Trump's worldview and philosophy of life. Not satisfied trying to maneuver New Orleans residents and little o... read more
• January 9, 2007 |
 | » Monuments to Our Folly: Choosing Your Gender and a Bathroom Based on Feelings
by Brian Fahling
There is ground for declaring that modern man has become a moral idiot," wrote Richard M. Weaver in his classic work, Ideas Have Consequences. The year was 1948 and Weaver was offering his diagnosis of a world where classical values had been aba... read more
• December 13, 2006 |
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| » America's Moral Katrina
by Don Wildmon
Child pornography arrests have been in the news now nearly every day for the past couple of months. Having been in the battle against pornography for the past 30 years, I cannot remember when there have been so many arrests of individuals charged wit... read more
• October 17, 2006 |
 | » Expiration Date on Parents
by Jane Jimenez
It always happens. Every time our daughter arrives with a medical malady, it's always the same. Last time it was a headache. Jamie dragged herself in the front door and asked me if I had any aspirin. "Sure," I said, "in the bathroom.&q... read more
• October 6, 2006 |
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| » Statue Of Liberty No Longer A Symbol Of Freedom
by Frederick Meekins
For over a century, the Statue of Liberty stood in New York Harbor proudly extolling American values to the world, even doing so defiantly in the face of those finding this country an affront to their despotic aspirations and morays. However, as fact... read more
• September 23, 2006 |
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| » The Three R's of ABC: Rosie, Radicals & Rantings
by Joe Murray
Radical Christianity," opined Rosie O'Donnell, "is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have separation of church and state." And with those few words, this once diva of daytime television unleashed y... read more
• September 21, 2006 |
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| » Poisoning Childhood
by Jane Jimenez
She stands with her arms folded resolutely across her chest. In the background of the photo, you can see playground equipment. She is the mom protecting our children in this lead magazine article about the dangers of pest control spraying in the nati... read more
• September 14, 2006 |
 | » Real Hope for Stem-Cell Research
by Rev. Mark Creech
Stem-cell research has been a hot-button issue for some time now. To the chagrin of pro-lifers, high-profile Hollywood celebrities have lobbied for an increase in taxpayer-funded destructive embryonic stem-cell research. Even former first lady Nancy ... read more
• September 8, 2006 |
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