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The Center of the Country

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Last week I ventured on a business trip to the middle of the country. St. Louis is a major American city based on the fact that it offers major league sports teams. However, when you compare the city of St. Louis to many other American cities it seems to be ...

Do The New Ads By Hanes Make You Feel Good All Over?

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Hanes used to tell us they would make us feel good all over. With the following ad campaign, one might question whether the underwear company has had a change of heart. The tagline states, "Because the world gives you enough tags" and it's intended to highlight Hanes' new line of ...

Imus and CBS go to War!

Friday, May 4th, 2007

Don Imus of the former Imus in the Morning radio show is taking on the oppressors of freedom of speech over at CBS Radio and packing some heat with a top notch legal shooter from New York. This is where the road travels when it comes to the shock ...

The Dreaded Immigration Issue

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

In years gone by the nation that we call home had no immigration policy and it worked. Right there in the harbor of New York City was the grand lady asking for and welcoming the many that needed a new start in a land that could boast of ...

The Inevitable Imus Post

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Don Imus is another in a long line of knot headed celebrities who've put their own well-paid backsides in a sling. They exercised their First Amendment rights, while completely ignoring the accompanying responsibility to refrain from saying something terminally stupid. Critics of the I-Man - where "I" apparently stands for "Idiot" ...

No Hoblay Espanolish

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

The old saw goes, "you know a politician is lying if you see his lips moving." There's something else you'll know too, "you know a 'clarification' is coming if you see a politician making a speech." Newt Richgrinch is the latest politician limping for cover with a foot full of self-inflicted ...

Dwarfs of the World Unite

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Sometimes it's the little things that hurt, but the trouble is, which little things are they? According to one recent newspaper article it apparently includes calling a dwarf a midget. A dwarfs' rights advocate told the story of how he has been derided since birth by people calling him a midget. ...

Immigrant Nation

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

CNN's Lou Dobbs is an endearingly loopy dog who has hold of the immigration bone and won't stop chewing. Regardless of what sort of carnage the rest of the world is experiencing Bulldog Lou ledes with immigration. Even when he touches on other stories, the commentary moves back around to ...

Ante Up

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

America has an uncomfortable relationship with discrimination. Our national discussions are peppered with real and perceived slights, guilt over practices long-abandoned, and how to address the question of righting past wrongs and ensuring the same doesn't happen again. There are the economic, cultural, and educational divisions and just about every ...

Today In History- “I Have A Dream”

Monday, August 28th, 2006

It was exactly 43 years ago today the the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his historic "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, D.C., a speech that helped spark and solidify the Civil Rights movement in this country. America has come a ...