Carbondale Before Dark
Prequel to
Carbondale
After Dark'
A tree stump in a
parking lot at Southern Illinois University in
Carbondale, Illinois, is the last vestige of
the front yard of the home I grew up in from
1952, when I was in diapers, to 1964, when I
was entering puberty.
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Racial Baggage
Prequel to
'Blackspanic College'
Like a lot of
people, I lug around a certain amount of
racial baggage as a result of my previous
interactions with people of other ethnic
groups.
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Pot Initiative
The
fear isn't that marijuana is a gateway drug to
harder stuff, but that it's a gateway to
hippiedom.
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Palestinian Prank
I applaud
Palestinian students at Florida Atlantic
University for posting faux eviction notices
on dorm doors to raise awareness of
Israel's controversial policy of allowing
Jewish settlers to move into disputed
territories in the West Bank.
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Victory
Mosque
A
multicultural coalition should rise up in
support of the Islamic Center in New York
City. There ought to be a million Muslim
march, with everyone wearing ribbons saying,
'we are all Muslims.'
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Revolution Iran
Redux
It's possible
Iranians will get their revolution right this
time. But with half the population under 30,
let's hope they don't get fooled again. |
Snacks Online
Why do snack
crackers and potato chips come in as many
flavors as mutual funds? For snackaholics who
think salt is a sugar substitute, inquiring
minds want to know.
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Stick Figure
Snuff Flicks
No plot, no moral, no
redeeming social value. Just pure,
unadulterated violence...
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Fanfic Online
With Congress
wanting to stomp out sex and violence in
Hollywood, what are those who want MORE sex
and violence to do?
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Honkeyphobia
A stupid
encounter between a black Harvard professor
and a white Cambridge police sergeant may have
shined a light on a common but rarely
discussed phenomenon -- honkeyphobia. |
Afrophobia
Let's not
beat around the bush. We are talking about
white people who have an irrational fear
of black people. |
Have
a Kosher Christmas
How
did
it come to pass that instead of putting Christ
back into Christmas, they put in Jews? |
