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Everybody Calm Down
Everybody Calm Down
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Dances with Cockroaches
Dances with Cockroaches
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I fought for our country, now NFL players are kneeling for...
I fought for our country, now NFL players are kneeling for me
By Samuel Innocent
I'm a veteran of the U.S. Army. So it may come...
I am Definitely Not Sexist (or racist or homophobic)
“Give me some credit,” he said to me, at least three times, after he told me several stories meant to establish his cred as...
The Republican voter and being OK (or not): A response to...
A food staple when I was growing up in Arizona was a Mexican-ish dish with lots of beans and spices. We called it Wetback...
CARTOON: “Growing Up Eastwood”
From Clay Jones on his political cartoon "Growing Up Eastwood," Clint Eastwood's racist remarks to Esquire, and his unbelievable cultural insensitivity
Clint Eastwood is a...
So you want to change the world? God and Satan have...
One of the things I enjoyed most about my seven years teaching university English courses was the thrill of teaching argument. Besides the lesson...
Movie Review: “Zootopia” is a solid blend of heady themes and...
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MOVIE REVIEW: "ZOOTOPIA" (PG)
With "Zootopia," Walt Disney Pictures has created an animated feature with surprisingly heady themes. Animals make for great allegory (read "Animal...
Environmental classism and the Flint water crisis
Let's begin by calling the Flint water crisis in Michigan what it is: environmental classism. Some might call it environmental racism. But since racism, classism,...