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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Truth is not defined by repetition nor volume. Truth is not defined by power. Truth is freedom, the freedom to recognize reality. …
But, if this part of our history could be told in such a way that those chains of the past, those shackles that physically bound us together against our wills could, in the telling, become spiritual links that willingly bind us together now and into the future – then that painful Middle Passage could become,…
This time last year I just delivered the newspaper, now I read it cover to cover. I was poor before I got a paper route, now I have almost five hundred dollars in the bank. Now I’m Gordy Braun, pronounced brawn, not Gordon Braun, pronounced brown. I’m a track star, a wrestling champion and the uncle to…
“The white man’s guilt further added to his rage.” -Tim Madigan, The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 During the Tulsa Race Massacre (also known as the Tulsa Race Riot), which occurred over 18 hours on May 31-June 1, 1921, a white mob – looting and burning and shooting and bombing –…
It’s become the motto of our time to watch what you say, be sensitive about what you say. The number of people and organizations that believe they are special is at an all-time high. They believe they shouldn’t be criticized. Jokes shouldn’t be told about them. It’s anti-American. It’s anti-free speech. The issue these days…
It’s never been a better time to be exceptional, or a worst time to be average. – Scott Galloway A CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT GALLOWAY We’ve been eager to make sense of the gender divide our country faces. What do you believe is behind it? And how should we be looking at it? We’re in an…
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. – Pope John Paul II By Brent Landau This April 20th, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration changes from year to year….
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. – Donald Trump 132 years ago today, the Allegheny Athletic Association defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club with the help of William “Pudge” Heffelfinger, the first person ever paid to play football. Heffelfinger, the son of…
In 2020, 100 years after the massacre, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proclaimed November 2 to be “Ocoee Massacre Remembrance Day.” Let us always remember to never forget. The Ocoee massacre was a white mob attack on African-American residents in northern Ocoee, Florida, which occurred on November 2, 1920, the day of the U.S. presidential election. The town is in Orange County near Orlando….
“Be calm as I and my family are. We are not hurt and remember that if anything happens to me, there will be others to take my place” – Dr. M.L. King Jr., that same year, after his own home was bombed. Home of Another Bus Boycott Supporter Bombed On the night of August 25,…