I went through a lot of phases as a kid, everything from dinosaurs to wanting to be an astronaut. One of the subjects that has long captured my interest is Egyptology. I would read books and scour old magazines (especially National Geographic) for anything I could find on the pyramids, the pharaohs, the Book of the Dead, and almost anything else ( Read more... )

A teacher at a high school in New York has created an uproar by assigning students to watch Nazi propaganda and defend Nazi ideology. The teacher has been forced to withdraw the assignment and apologize. The Yahoo blogger reporting the story begins the tale this way -- "It’s safe to say that “thinking like a Nazi” is not the most sound advice ( Read more... )

I spent the last week watching the two seasons of the ABC remake of the 1980's V series. I'm sure most people will remember this one -- reptilian aliens in human skin showing up on Earth in 50 giant spaceships scattered across our planet, claiming to come in peace (always), but really interested in stealing the Earth's water and using humans as a ( Read more... )

I find myself feeling very ashamed of administrators at the University of North Carolina, an institution that grew close to my heart during a few years spent living in Chapel Hill ( Read more... )

Every year we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King and by an accident of history, this year's federal holiday coincidence with the inauguration of the first black President of the United States to a second term in office. It also comes on the fiftieth anniversary of the famous "I Have A Dream" speech, which is familiar to the vast majority of ( Read more... )

It seems like a lot of people still don't get it. At the same time the media is flooded with stories about the despicable conduct of coaches and administrators at Penn State who covered up for a child rapist, another protection racket on behalf of rapists continues to push forward in Kentucky ( Read more... )

Oh come on now, does this really surprise anyone ( Read more... )

Vaclav Havel, a former president of Czechoslovakia and one of the most prominent eastern European dissidents of the Communist era, has passed away. Although content to be a playwright and a philosopher and only reluctantly entering politics, he became one of the world's foremost crusaders for justice and human rights and was nominated several ( Read more... )

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The DREAM Act failed and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal passed and will be signed into law by President Obama. I was actually surprised that a handful of Republicans voted for the DADT repeal. I wonder if what we're supposed to conclude from this is that illegal immigrants are on their way to being the new chief scapegoat. And I wonder if we' ( Read more... )