Emmett Till to Herman Cain: Strange Progress?

November 11, 2011 By 5 Comments

In August, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till, and African-American, was killed for reportedly flirting with a white woman. He was beaten, his eyes cut out of his head, and his lifeless body was dumped in a river. The men who murdered the young boy were acquitted, but later publicly admitted to the lynching under the protection [...]

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Protestant Thoughts on the New Catholic Mass

November 7, 2011 By 2 Comments

Not being a Catholic, all of the headlines about the upcoming changes to the Church’s services were a bit of a mystery to me at first. But I’ve since been reading up on the pending adjustments, and in doing so, I’ve learned a little bit more about just how different Catholic Mass is from what [...]

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The Eerie Efficiency of Disney

November 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
zoe and mickey

This picture, capping day three of theme park bliss, pretty much says it all. Almost, anyway. What you can just barely see on Zoe’s chin is the beginning of a three-inch scrape that travels from there and up along her left jawline. When Zoe gets tired, she gets hyper. she also gets clumsy, which makes [...]

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