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Jimmy Carter was the latest to use the M Word. The former president said he believes the “occupancy of Iraq and all…
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There was no shortage of opportunists present as they broke ground the other day for the $100 million Martin Luther King memorial…
The coast-to-coast mall known as America just loves to sing the praises of its revolutionary heroes-the land-owning white slaveholders affectionately called “Founding…
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Put a frog into a pot of boiling water, the well-known parable begins, and out that frog will jump to escape the…
“I admit to having worn suede and leather myself for a while, but you just never felt clean, and itĀ¹s degenerate anyway…
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