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4.03.2012

Tackling 'Ulysses'

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I have always avoided James Joyce's “Ulysses,” but curiosity finally got the better of me. I want to know WHY the book is in the top 5 o...
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3.31.2012

What would Jesus do?

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“How should the nation help the estimated 50 million Americans who can't afford health insurance? Christians are as divided about this q...
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3.28.2012

S.C.O.T.U.S.*

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* S.C.O.T.U.S. - Sifting Controversial Opinions to Understand Scope of the Supreme Court of the United States’ hearings and subsequent decis...
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3.27.2012

Breaking down the real 'bullshit'

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• Rick Santorum makes a statement in Wisconsin. • A New York Times reporter asks him a question about the statement. • Santorum tells the ...
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2.25.2012

Vision

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There’s seeing and there’s seeing. I suppose if I need quotes to qualify my meaning, the one that comes to mind is: “There are none so bli...
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2.14.2012

A Valentine from Father Tim

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The great thing about waking up in the morning is that you learn something new every day! Some fascinating facts about Valentine’s Day from ...
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2.02.2012

Is Israeli-Palestinian peace possible?

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By B. J. Trotter February 2, 2012 I hope this in-depth examination of a religious and political impasse is not construed as pro-Israeli o...
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11.07.2011

Ain't no mountain high enough

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“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” - Detective Alex Cross, Cat and Mouse, James Patterson Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve lear...
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11.04.2011

In flagrante delicto

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I’m not going to run out and buy a “Cain Ain’t Able” T-shirt. The accuse-deny-accuse-deny coverage of allegations against GOP presidential h...
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11.02.2011

'Trash heap of discredited ideas'

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Vice President Dick Cheney might be at odds, but both are out there hawking their book...
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10.30.2011

Just Wright for Halloween

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My fascination with Frank Lloyd Wright – not just his architecture, but the man himself – began when I was a high school senior. I went alon...
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10.26.2011

'The rich get richer'

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My mother had a treasure trove of truisms which expressed her wisdom – none more so, in light of current trends, than “The rich get richer, ...
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10.23.2011

Hatred in a young heart

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I came of age in Mississippi during the civil rights movement – a witness to history. A lasting impression from those days as a young woman ...
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10.20.2011

Obama's prescient words

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It seems like yesterday that, recalling the phrase “Prague Spring,” I was emailing friends inquiring about the sudden appearance of a new te...
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10.19.2011

Shrinking paychecks possible

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If your paycheck is suddenly smaller in January, don’t even think about blaming Obama. A CNN report explains a portion of the president’s...
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10.16.2011

A bully pulpit

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I am a Christian and a former member of Southern Baptist Convention churches. When fundamentalists began their takeover of the SBC in the ea...
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10.13.2011

The dark world of Greg Iles

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Greg Iles’ novels are like cats: each has its own distinct personality. But, Iles, as he describes one of his characters, is “a different br...
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10.11.2011

Just asking

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Christopher A. Sims of Princeton, awarded the Nobel Prize in economic science yesterday, will split the $1.49 million prize with co-honoree ...
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10.08.2011

The Dirty Dozen Bank Secrets

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Did you recently get a letter from your bank saying that since you’re “such a valued customer,” your bank accounts are being changed to offe...
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10.07.2011

Quote of the Day

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"We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments...
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10.04.2011

Attitude Adjustment

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All his rowdy friends have settled down, but Hank Williams, Jr., is still a loose cannon. (I saw him on stage in concert smashing expensive ...
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10.03.2011

Gimme a break!

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It's time for this motor mouth to SHUT UP!
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9.29.2011

Good news if you missed it

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I am listening to Mississippi writer Greg Iles’ “The Footprints of God” in which (spoiler warning) a dying billionaire is attempting to achi...
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9.26.2011

A lingering question

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There was a time when I ate, drank and slept sports – circa Brooklyn Dodgers through Archie Manning at Ole Miss. My interest waned when spor...
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9.23.2011

After-midnight madness

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Why in hell am I doing this? The political blogging experience is a two-edged sword. You find yourself either preaching to the choir or lead...
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