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One Person’s Pain Is Another Person’s Misery

The Glee episode last night featured a comment by one of the main characters that suicide is selfish.  It isn’t an uncommon utterance. In fact, if you do a simple search on Google with the words suicide and selfish, it … Continue reading

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Why I Wouldn’t Vote For: Newt Gingrich

Oh, Newt, how do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. I could say it is because you are a big schmuck and just leave it at that. That would be true, but it wouldn’t be worthy of a … Continue reading

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American Exceptionalism Scares Me

The other day I saw something that said that Callista Gingrich, the third wife of Newt Gingrich, promotes the idea of American Exceptionalism.  Honestly, the idea of promoting a particular nation or ethnicity over another is a bit scary to … Continue reading

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Dear Birthers

Perhaps you do not understand the Constitution or perhaps you just don’t care. Personally, I think you are racist and/or ignorant. No matter what the reason is for your insistence that Obama is not a US Citizen, you need to … Continue reading

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Congratulations on Your Ignorance

A 13 year old boy from Pennsylvania is suing a private school for discrimination after it refused to admit him because of his HIV status. This case is drawing comparisons to the Ryan White case from the 1980′s. And while … Continue reading

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