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Primary Emotions

  There are so many Democrats already announced as candidates for President, with at least one more coming this week, that it’s pretty much impossible to keep track of all of them. According to Wikipedia today, there are currently twenty … Continue reading

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Bobby Lee and Me

Bobby Lee McClung has been on my mind a lot lately. I have been thinking about race and racism a lot lately. Bobby Lee came to visit my hometown in southwestern Wisconsin when I was a kid and an event … Continue reading

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Candlelight

When I arrived at the candlelight vigil for Trayvon Martin there was one other person there, a young African-American male who asked my name and then introduced himself as Ibraham, the Muslim variation of the Judeo-Christian prophet Abraham. Shortly two … Continue reading

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A Day for Us

(published by Life After Hate, 2/8/12)      When Arizona legislator Cecil Ash came to the microphone during a discussion of a proposed Latino-American holiday in his state last week nobody could have guessed what he was about to say.  As reported by KPHO, the … Continue reading

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