Category: Culture
HBO’s New Series Euphoria Pushes the Boundaries of Decency
How much is too much? What is the limit for what we are willing to expose our minds to on television for the sake of...
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D-DAY AT 75: A PERSONAL STORY OF MY FAMILY
75 summers ago, my then-17 year old Uncle Carl joined the United States Army, participated in basic training, boarded a ship to Europe, and...
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Thank God for Our Blessings – Even as We Pray for Our Country
Today is graduation day for the 61st class of the Air Force Academy (AFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. AFA commencement speakers rotate yearly between...
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MEMORIAL DAY, 2019
“In great deeds, something abides.” – Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain During some part of each Memorial Day weekend for the last quarter century, I have parked...
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The First Female African-American Scholars
No reasonable person would deny that education, and more specifically higher education, is a key indicator of social progress and personal empowerment. As we celebrate...
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Baseball, Racism and Healing
Pitchers and catchers began arriving at Major League Baseball camps in Florida and Arizona this week, an annual tradition that marks the unofficial beginning of...
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Starbucks Problem with Porn, How the Nation’s Largest Coffee Chain Is Hesitant to Filter Its Wi-Fi
Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks, has recently announced his intention to consider a presidential run in 2020 as an independent. Although Schultz is no longer...
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Eulogies for President George H.W. Bush
It was a ceremony befitting the occasion at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday as the nation’s 41st President, George Herbert Walker Bush,...
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The Humility and Integrity of George HW Bush
I had been working as the deputy director of The White House Office of Public Liaison for President George W. Bush in 2001 for less...
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Why We Support Therapy for Unwanted Homosexuality
Advocates for banning “sexual orientation change efforts” will often argue that homosexuality is no longer considered a mental illness so there’s no place for counseling...
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