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Road to recovery? It all depends
As a youth, I marched under the red flag of socialism, a banner that's drooped badly in more recent decades. Stalin made a bloody mockery of Marx's vision of a classless society. Ditto Castro in Cuba. China is an old lefty's worst nightmare: a Communist...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Philosophy, International Workers' Day, Employment, Rush Limbaugh
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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: Nazi Party, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Cruises, Germany
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wayne LaPierre, Firearms, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Freedom of the Press, International Military Interventions, Politics, State of the Union Address
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Taking Earth Day one step further
As we approach the 43rd annual Earth Day, the celebration of our many gains is tempered by our recognition of their fragility. On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, thousands of people came together to protest the degradation of our environment....Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Earth Day, Environmental Pollution, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Congress
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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, Travel, Road Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Transportation
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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... -
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: Joe Manchin III, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Politics, Gun Control, Lobbying
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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...
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George W. Bush joins public service elite
Los Angeles TimesFormer President George W. Bush was joined by President Obama and three living former presidents in the dedication of his library last week in Dallas. It's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still...Tags: Libraries, Malaria, U.S. Department of State, Dracunculiasis , Arts and Culture
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rentals, Media Industry, Radio, Seafood
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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: High Blood Pressure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Johns Hopkins Hospital, March of Dimes Foundation, Hospitals and Clinics
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