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News Roundup – Jobs, Eric Cantor, Ebola (Update)
The economy added 209,000 jobs. The unemployment rate remained 6.2%. The economy continues to grow at a slow but steady space. Rep. Eric Cantor, who lost his reelection bid, is going to resign from...
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A Couple Things About Ebola (Update)
To begin, let me say that I’m not a virologist and I’m not an infectious disease physician. I think, though, that there are a few things that need to be said about Ebola. First, it seems like the...
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Head Nurse at Emory speaks out about Ebola
I love this. In the medical profession, we too often hide in our hospitals and never speak out. Well, the head nurse at Emory University is speaking out about Ebola and the mission of tertiary...
View ArticleEbola victim walks out of Emory Hospital
This is great. It is great for Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol. It is also GREAT for Emory Hospital and American medicine. From Reuters: Appearing thin but smiling, a Texas doctor who weeks ago...
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News Roundup: Lies, J.P. Morgan Chase, Best Quarterback in the NFL and More
When I first started this blog, I thought it was very important for me to combat all the lies that are told in the public sphere. That proved extremely fruitless. Yet, there are some lies that we...
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News Roundup – Andrae Couch, Stupid Articles, Oil Prices
The Great Andrae Crouch has died. He injected more soul into gospel in the mid-’70s and his influence can be felt everywhere there is music today. Very few artists have come and COMPLETELY changed the...
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Dad
Mom, Dad and me Not long ago, I was sitting with a friend of mine, surrounded by her husband and two daughters. Her father was in the center of the room, in a hospital bed, on oxygen. He looked ashen…...
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News Roundup: Blogging, Nurses, Obama interview
I got into this blogging thing around 2005, so I’ve been doing this for almost 10 years. In the early days, I struggled to get an audience. I remember getting very happy when I got 5 to 10 comments....
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Broken Promises – ObamaCare
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers decided that on the 5th Anniversary of #ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act) that she would take to Facebook and ask for ObamaCare horror stories. What she got something...
View ArticleObamaCare – Still Affordable
It appears that the mainstream media has been pushing the idea that premiums in the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) are going through the roof. Let’s see if we can get some facts – Over the past few...
View ArticleNews Roundup – Confederate Flag, ObamaCare, Gov. Bobby
Over the last week or so there has been a ton of conversation about the South, Dylann Roof and the Confederate Flag. Just for one second, let’s take a deep breath. What was the Civil War about? Someone...
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DUI
Over the next couple of days, I’m going to post some of the articles that I have written for the Urban News over the past several months. Let me know what you think. – It is time for us to get serious...
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96-year-old Heimlich saves a woman from choking
This is kind of a cool story. From TPM: The 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich maneuver recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to...
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News Round Up – Lochte, Hot, Earthquake, EpiPen
I am not sure how to explain a man’s working all his life to be successful and then, on a whim, flushing it all down the toilet. That is exactly what Ryan Lochte did. Lochte lied to authorities in...
View ArticleDon’t Look At this Healthcare, Let’s Talk about Race
By now, everyone has heard President Trump’s statement about the NFL and Steph Curry, the NBA superstar. I’m not going to rehash what Trump said. Or what others have said to Trump. Have you seen the...
View ArticleTrump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)
(I wrote this for the Urban News, January 2021) It was almost 11 months ago when I wrote about TDS or Trump Derangement Syndrome. It is that is the feeling that falls over you when multiple...
View ArticleJustice in America
Justice, according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, is the maintenance or administration of what is just: Impartial adjustment of conflicting claims. Another definition is the quality or...
View ArticleThe Real Fight
Welcome to 2022! This is the year that we beat Covid-19 into submission. At least, I hope so. I can give you the statistics, but I guess you already know them. We are in the midst of yet another...
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American Woman
American Woman In 1776, there was no illusion that American independence was about anything other than White men. It was about White men arguing with other White men about freedom. The American...
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