May 19, 2010 | Posted by Steve Pop quiz time, hotshot. Q: When is a “slave” not a “slave?” A: When that person is actually a piece of property in the “Atlantic triangular trade.” Huh?
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March 22, 2010 | Posted by Steve What does it say about our culture that nearly 20 minutes of morning show chat-time was devoted not to the passage of an endlessly controversial national health care overhaul, but rather to two, 5-minute-long, tightly-controlled interviews with golf-dumb’s philandering prodigal son, Tiger Woods? If Barack Obama ever had reason to ring up his local branch [...]
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July 18, 2008 | Posted by Steve Some TV show titles are enough to set you up for a case of instant heartburn. This one was a sure bet to make me run screaming for the Tums. “Untold Wealth: The Rise of the Super Rich.” It was like sitting on the street corner watching an accident unfold before your eyes. I was [...]
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April 17, 2007 | Posted by Steve A day after the Virginia Tech massacre I find myself wishing I could literally scream my anguish into the face of every politician who has fallen under the siren spell of the NRA and its horde of cash. I want to grab the manufacturers of semi-automatic weaponry by the lapels, shaking them firmly until you [...]
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October 13, 2006 | Posted by Steve If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be funny… We slashed taxes for wealthy people who didn’t really need “relief,” we ran up the federal deficit to a point where it will take us a decade to dig out, then we got hit with the worst hurricane season in decades. The losses are already in [...]
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January 23, 2005 | Posted by Steve The camera slowly pans its way down the ailes of a dimly-lit jet. The people appear variously dazed, grinning like Cheshire cats, or in alcoholic stupors. One particularly sleazy character is shown pulling videotape from a cassette with a worried look on his face. A young bride and groom sit side by side, the bride [...]
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January 23, 2005 | Posted by Steve President Bush reminded us yet again this past week that he wants to end tyranny and oppression throughout the world. He wants to spread democracy and freedom, because only through democracy and freedom can we truly spread peace. I agree with him in principle. I believe that when you truly create a representative form of [...]
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January 23, 2005 | Posted by Steve The people in the cars around me every day on my way to work probably think I need medication. Sometimes I’m singing at the top of my lungs. Sometimes I’m conducting Shostakovich. Sometimes I’m on the phone, microphone affixed firmly to my ear, conducting multi-million dollar real estate negotiations for my properties in the Caymans. [...]
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October 17, 2004 | Posted by Steve This is one of those commentaries that just never seem to gel. I started writing, got to about 3000 words, and then stopped. I shredded it. I started again. I got to 2000 words. I shredded it again. This is what’s left. I believe abortion equals murder. Period. When you kill a baby, you kill [...]
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September 9, 2004 | Posted by Steve Being “Consistently Christian” is a tough road to walk in today’s world. All too often the so-called “Religious Right” is the standard bearer for what we Protestants “think” is Christian. Although the Religious Right sometimes gets it “right,” more often than not it gets it wrong. On the other end, folks who don’t like the [...]
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