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Newport News preacher redefined the black church
When Lightfoot Solomon Michaux pitched his first revival tent at the corner of 19th and Jefferson in 1919, he'd already made his mark selling fish and groceries. Michaux was nearly 35 when he went from chasing profits to saving souls. And as he stood...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), James River, Lifestyle and Leisure, Washington, DC, Rentals
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U.S. Holocaust museum at 20: Confronting tough issues
When President Bill Clinton stepped to the podium at the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago, most of the audience no doubt expected him to offer the usual generalities about the importance of not...Tags: Book, Germany, Museums, Washington, DC, U.S. Coast Guard
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Whose side is the NRA on?
Terrorism, whether practiced in the U.S. or overseas, can be defined as a deliberate act of violence to instill fear in a target audience. We fight terrorism when we stay calm but resolute; we abet terrorists when our response is to panic or try to foment...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Firearms, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, National Rifle Association of America, Shootings
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Freedoms resound in the UU message
Franklin D. Roosevelt concluded his 1941 State of the Union address by describing four universal freedoms that, as the right of all people, justified American involvement in the Second World War. When it came to the fourth freedom, "freedom from fear",...Tags: State of the Union Address, International Military Interventions, Politics, U.S. Military, Civil Rights
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Three years
The Baltimore SunMay 4 fell on a Tuesday in 2010. The previous weekend I had concluded my critically acclaimed portrayal of Franklin Roosevelt in the Memorial Players' production of Annie. And it was on that Tuesday afternoon that I returned to the newsroom of The...Tags: Coughing
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Two films, different themes
Two new films opening this week in the South Florida area are sure to bring moviegoers to neighborhood theaters. The first, "Paris-Manhattan," is an off-beat romantic comedy that is sure to please Woody Allen fans. The second, "Complicit," a documentary,...Tags: Lake Worth, France, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment, Delray Beach
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Beauty of Blue Ridge Parkway can cause conflict between bikers, drivers
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterWDBJ7 will have exclusive live coverage of the Blue Ridge Marathon coming up next weekend. In the days leading up to race day, we're taking a look back at the history of the marathon and the Blue Ridge Parkway. We found out that the Parkway is such...Tags: Passenger Cars, Transportation, Sports, Gardens and Parks, Travel
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VOD Spotlight: Hyde Park on Hudson
Channel Guide MagazineThe events of the film Hyde Park on Hudson are seen through the eyes of Daisy Suckley (Laura Linney), neighbor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife, Eleanor (Olivia Williams). In June 1939, FDR and Eleanor hosted the king... -
How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Washington, DC, Politics, Business Enterprises, Poverty
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Chained thinking on the federal deficit
Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...
Tags: Bananas, Lifestyle and Leisure, Market and Exchange, Politics, Economic Indicator
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Allan Powell: Historic judgments need repeated
The sordid results of Senate voting on April 17 reflect clearly the loss of common sense and the courage to stand up to the political clout of the National Rifle Association. When the vote count became public, two thoughts came to mind. First was the word...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Personal Weapon Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Nearly 300 walk at Martinsburg War Memorial Park for March of Dimes' March for Babies
richardb@herald-mail.comTara Viands joined a parade of nearly 300 people who walked a three-mile loop around War Memorial Park on Saturday morning to raise money for the March of Dimes’ March for Babies. “I walked because my daughters can’t walk,” said...Tags: Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Polio, Wars and Interventions, March of Dimes Foundation
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