Category Archives: Africa

Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, Foreskin Man, Vulva Girl and the Two-Thirds of My Freshman Composition Class Who Are Failing Right Now

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

You know that feeling when there is so much going on, so much you have to do, so many different threads that you need to keep weaving together, or balls in the air that you can’t let drop, or spinning … Continue reading →

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Damned If You Don't

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

The possible-to-likely disintegration of Mubarak’s regime in Egypt leaves the United States in a very difficult position. Hosni Mubarak’s government has been very close to the United States for as long as he’s been in power; America owes him, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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500 Massacred in Nigeria are Victims of Religious Violence

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

From ABC News: The killers showed no mercy: They didn’t spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out … Continue reading →

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Silence is the Enemy

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Marine biologist Sheril Kirshenbaum is, along with Chris Mooney, a co-blogger at The Intersection, a blog on science and public policy whose RSS feed should be in your reader, and if it isn’t, you should go, right now, and rectify … Continue reading →

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Jack Stephens

This fantastic documentary (which I can’t speak of highly enough!) is now offered, in full, on YouTube. If your are in a rush just watch the first 2 minutes and 14 seconds to get a feel for it. Through a … Continue reading →

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