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“I fear we might be close to teetering on total, civility failure. The idiots are getting far too big a voice nowadays,” said Joe Tessitore of ESPN. Tessitore spoke this weekend in regard to the college gridiron. He was speaking of how fans reacted to a student on the University
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Let’s begin with 2 examples (I promise to quickly get to the point)… Example #1: Years ago I was driving across the interstate in a state which was not my own, when I noticed two police cars parked off on the upcoming shoulder. No other traffic was near nor
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One question struck me arguably most during this week’s debate: “Do black lives matter? OR… do all lives matter?” We have had some excellent conversations regarding the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the sensitivity of the issue, and the difficulty of those from varied vantage points seeing any other side. I have
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Tonight in Las Vegas is the first Democratic Party debate for the 2016 Presidential nomination. Just as during the thus far, two Republican presidential debates, the Intramuralist will be watching. We plan to watch each debate, as we care deeply about who becomes President — and what each candidate says and
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In light of my youngest celebrating a birthday over the weekend (which I might add, began notably, unintentionally, incredibly enthusiastically early, at 4:30 Friday morning — due to an extremely high, off-the-charts exuberance level) — there is one, brief aspect I felt necessary to expand upon here. You see,
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My mother has long talked to me about the blank chalkboards in each of our lives. Here it is... behind us... blank... just waiting to be written upon. Time for new markings — sometimes with a little dust leftover from the eraser — but new markings, nonetheless. The beautiful time to write
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We cry out over the killing of the innocent… * Some cried out for Matthew Shepard in ’98, beaten and tortured and left to die by two other, seemingly heartless young men, believed to have targeted Shepard because of his sexual orientation. * Most cried out on 9/11, when 2,977
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Another shooting. Another predictable, rhetorical cycle. It goes something like this: There is too much violence! When are we going to stop this?! We need more gun control! No, we don’t! Yes, we do! No, we don’t! Yes, we do! And hence, the disrespectful debate continues. We have
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No one should tell any of the rest of us how to vote. So let me try. :) I will not vote for anyone — or against — solely because they are a woman or a man. I, like you, have many female and male friends, and it is a fact that their
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[Full disclosure notice: the point of this post will not come until the very end; if no interest in politics this day — and believe me, I get that — feel free to skip to the final paragraph.] Milli Vanilli told us to “Blame It on the Rain.” Michael Caine and company
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Except for all those with their laptops, TV’s, and portable electronic devices turned off last week, we were well aware of Pope Francis interacting with leaders and little ones, for the first time on American soil. From DC to NYC to his departure this night from Philadelphia, the Pope
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For the first time, Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, is walking on American soil. And so I asked you, if you could ask him a single question — concisely and respectfully — with great wit always welcome — what would your question be? Here are your top 50... 1. What