February 19, 2013
Anti Judaism is a powerful undercurrent in western thought. In Catholic school, I was taught about the Christian emphasis on the spirit of the law as opposed to dry Jewish legalism. Anti Judaism predates Christianity, and does not even require Jews to exist.David Nirenberg’s new book, Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition explores this phenomenon, its long [...]
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February 4, 2013
After a divorce, both parents mean a lot to a child. This story is both sad and amazing. A six year old girl wanted so badly to see her father, that she attempted to drive her mom’s car out to see him.
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December 31, 2012
Certain things get lost in translation when English social critics and commentators look at American society. There is no area as prone to misunderstanding by British critics as that of gun control. In the following interview with Piers Morgan, Nugent sounds off on a wide variety of topics. Although a colourful soundbite has been circulating, [...]
Tags: Conservative commentary, Gun control, Ted Nugent
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June 4, 2012
Late May and early June are the season for graduation speeches. Most of them keep you entertaied fro the duration of the ceremony and bow gracefully from memory shortly thereafter. Denzel Washington gave a graduation speech with some bare knuckles frankness. With lines like “You will suck at something” and “Don’t be afraid to fail.” [...]
Tags: Denzel Washington, failure, graduation speech, success formula
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April 28, 2012
Back in 2005,Steve Jobs had beaten pancreatic cancer. Despite numerous setbacks, Jobs took the road less traveled and created the right mix of marketing, ergonomic design and technology to change radically the world as we know it. There are a lot of different ways to tell the Steve Jobs story. Hearing in Steve Jobs’ own [...]
Tags: Dropping out of college, graduation speech, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs life
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March 27, 2012
There are people who go to work, and people who have a mission, who use the potential of their job to touch the lives of others in a positive way. A good teacher can change the life of a child. The following video is called Three letters from Teddy . It is about a teacher [...]
Tags: Education, Elizabeth Bilance Ballard, great teacher, troubled student
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March 27, 2012
There is a new double standard in which traditional religions such as orthodox Judaism and Christianity are silenced and marginalised, yet radical Islam is given a free pass to peddle misogyny, bigotry and violence towards non Muslims. From terrorism to involvement in prostitution rings, the mention of Islam is censored from news coverage, even when [...]
Tags: Pat Condell, Pat Condell and politicl correctness, radical Islam
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March 26, 2012
Gadi Adelman has come up with an interesting slogan in fighting radical Islam. With the slogan “America Akbar” he promotes his pro American anti Shaaria (as interpreted by the Anti American radicals) agenda with a light hearted yet informative program in which he interviews guests by telephone. Following is his most recent program, as [...]
Tags: anti shaaria activists, Gadi Adelman, radical Islam, Shaaria
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February 21, 2012
Far too many times, I have had a flat tire, at the most inconvenient times.(Is it ever convenient?) The following video is of a humvee that has airless tires. It woud be so nice to never have to worry about flat tires. I hope they market this to the civilian public.
Tags: airless tires, flat tires, no air tires
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February 20, 2012
The following story has appeared in numerous places on the internet. It is not an original piece of my composition, but one that I am reprinting. To the best of my knowledge, it is in the public domain. A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders of [...]
Tags: inspirational story
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Ted Nugent Sounds Off With Piers Morgan [Video]
Certain things get lost in translation when English social critics and commentators look at American society. There is no area as prone to misunderstanding by British critics as that of gun control. In the following interview with Piers Morgan, Nugent sounds off on a wide variety of topics. Although a colourful soundbite has been circulating, [...]
Tags: Conservative commentary, Gun control, Ted Nugent
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