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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Bullshit is systemic at a microbiological level across all spectra and I blame sparing the rod and spoiling the child. But it could be cable television…
“In the end, though, don’t you think running gave us a healthy lifestyle, kept us away (mostly) from all the stuff out there in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and instilled some discipline into our day-to-day lives, which then became a lifestyle, even if we couldn’t always count on a 10-mile-run to burn up some calories?…
“You walk into a situation,” Stinson said of showing up at races or events when he started running. “There’s nobody who looks like you. There’s comments and there’s stares, and people make snide comments under their breath. You think, ‘OK, maybe I don’t belong here.’ But I knew that’s where I wanted to be.” I…
“The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.” – Kevin McCarthy. January 13, 2021 The narrative last night ignores tens of thousands of pages of court filings and the tonnage of footage already released by the Justice Department…
embrace – verb – ɪmˈbreɪs – to willingly and enthusiastically accept, adopt, and espouse International Women’s Day 2023. Wednesday, March 8 Susan B. Anthony was a political activist and an advocate of women’s rights. After the Civil War, she fought for the 14th Amendment that was meant to grant all naturalized and native-born Americans citizenship in the…
There are no bad boys. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking. – Edward J. Flanagan Remember sitting on the porch of my Grandma’s house On a Sunday Afternoon after all morning in church, listen to old ladies sing like they meant to hurt your ears. A strict churchgoer – prayer…
The only reason the world was a better place during your childhood is because you were a child. – J.R. Rim. And now they have screwed that up. Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused Them A judge concluded the children were victims of “parental alienation,” which…
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. – Chinese Proverb You go to bed and in the morning get up and see everything changed around. It’s been rearranged, in the night. All of it. That’s the deal for every living one of us. I’m certain it’s…
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating! – Leo Buscaglia 💖 Feel a certainamount of prideI still get ads promoting, well, you know. Sex. Usually Medicare. AARP. Not fun. I knowfor a fact there’s hanky-panky going on…
“We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us.” Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother was the National recording secretary for the Marcus Garvey Movement which commanded millions of followers in the 1920s and 30s. His father was a Baptist minister and chapter president…