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David Clayton-ThomasA childhood of beatings, homelessness and jail time could have led the lead singer of Blood, Sweat and Tears down the wrong path, but music saved his life.
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Giving Kids a Shot of LoveFormer Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode should be retired, but instead, he's showing children of prisoners that there are positive role models in the world.
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5-Year-Old in Folsom Prison?Folsom Prison Blues was a huge hit for Johnny Cash. Now, it's turned into an internet sensation for this youngster. Here's Wesley from a performance recently in Seattle.
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Nelsen MandelaBorn: July 18, 1918
He's much of his life fighting apartheid, the racist system used by the former white government of South Africa to suppress the majority black population. -
The Worry Wardenby: Bill A. Gaspard, Christian Life Coach~I was introduced to him a few months back and playfully nick named him the Worry Warden. Each day he gets up and begrudgingly goes to work. He believes he is in charge of his life and until recently he found out that he was not only the Warden of his own life, but a prisoner as well. He has an important job as a Warden; he has so many prisoners to take...
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DNC Chicago, 19681968 already had been a tumultuous year with the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. in April and Senator Robert F. Kennedy in June, and widespread protests against the Vietnam War.
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Sensationalist Journalism, Moral Turptitude and the Downfall of SocietyGinger's comment on my last blog post inspired me to take my rant about journalism one step further today. Just imagine if the sensationlist nature of today's journalism had been the rage 200 years ago. Let's talk about the unsavory acts of our founding fathers. Thomas Jefferson, for example, authored the Declaration of Independence and served as our third president. His accomplishments are...
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Octomom TV? Reality TV has gone too far.
I try to ignore most reality shows. Let's face it, what's real about any of them? I really don't need to see people degrading themselves, risking their lives and eating vile things just to be on TV. The money can't be the only motive for most of these people, it has to be the celebutard factor...where anyone who gets on tv for doing something outrageous remains something of a mini-celebrity and...
