Four films for fun ways to creep out your Halloween! Since Halloween is coming up and I am a movie buff, I will devote this column to four films that I think are wonderfully eerie and that will help people get in the mood to appropriately celebrate Halloween. 1) The Halfway House (2004). I...
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Despite the best of intentions, the programs developed within our “Welfare Reform” of the 1990′s served as the major funding sources used by the states to promote single-parent families. This resulted in the decay of the cornerstone of our society, marriage and intact, functioning family. We told by both major American political parties that...
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Baz Mohammad, 51, an Afghan heroin kingpin who is the first defendant ever extradited to the US from Afghanistan, was sentenced this week to 16 years imprisonment for managing an international narcotics-trafficking organization that imported millions of dollars of heroin into the US, according to the US Attorney’s Office in New York City. President...
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The other day I had the pleasure of watching the classic Disney animated film of Cinderella. This got me to thinking about the meanings of the famous fairy tale. The wicked stepmother became a negative archetype for good reason. Throughout most of human history, childbirth was extremely dangerous. Mothers often died giving birth. Children...
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Previously published in “The Hatchet: The Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies†Tipping the Velvet is a three-part BBC series that has been collected on DVD. Set in the 1890s, it is an adaptation of Sarah Waters’s debut novel of the same name. The film focuses on its heroine’s exhilarating and tumultuous coming of age...
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Author’s Note: I published this piece over a decade ago. Since October is World AIDS Awareness Month, I think it appropriate to run it here now. The Circle of Healing is a support group that meets twice monthly at the First Existentialist Church of Atlanta, Georgia for meditation and guided imagery. It began two...
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Prior to October 9th, Dear Abby was known for straightening out troubled individuals by providing generally wise insight and suggestions. She just fell off the wagon and down the bottomless bellybutton of Socratic narcissism. Abby now endorses “same-sex marriage†— suggesting it is as normal as milk and cookies — because a few scientists...
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More than 1,300 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation following the largest special enforcement action ever carried out by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fugitive Operations Teams anywhere in the nation. During the two-week operation in the Los Angeles area, which concluded...
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This blog will appear on a men’s website so the title may not seem appropriate. However, since I’ve been accused of seeking “choice for women, responsibility for men†and of “making excuses†for women who act badly as mothers, I thought I’d share some thoughts specifically for women on how to do their best...
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Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational ministry committed to helping take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations. The organization cooperates with millions of Christians from churches of many denominations and hundreds of other Christian organizations around the world to help Christians grow in their faith and share the Gospel message with...
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Sally Field recently said, “If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any wars.†Interestingly, she did not say – as many have – that peace on earth would follow if women per se were in charge. It is rule by women who have children that she, and probably many others, believe could bring...
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Sally Field recently said, “If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any wars.†Interestingly, she did not say – as many have – that peace on earth would follow if women per se were in charge. It is rule by women who have children that she, and probably many others, believe could bring...
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By Nicholas Stix Part I: Ray Cleere Seizes an Opportunity This is the story of Richard Jewell, the hero who saved countless lives, and of Ray Cleere, the first of many heels who sought to railroad him for another man’s crime. Richard Jewell, 33, a former law enforcement officer, fits the profile of...
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Huck Finn must be spinning in his literary grave. Just recently a Colorado Springs, Co., elementary school banned tag during recess, joining other schools that have prohibited this childhood pastime. Upon hearing this, I thought about the movement to ban cops and robbers, musical chairs, steal the bacon, and the kill-joys’ most frequent target...
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Evan Wolfson, the founder of the modern gay marriage movement, tells the waiter he would like an iced decaf and “the usual.” Wolfson, one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People in the World, is a man who unflinchingly knows what he wants and stays his course, whether it be in his choice of restaurant...
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