NRA Recommended Arming Teachers after Sandy Hook Massacre
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Well, it has been described more as inconvenient, a worry, an "ordeal" ...this latest oil-industry concern to strike the Gulf nations involves the sale...
Kim Kardashian and the Saudi Prince
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What Makes a Story? The Thai Cave Rescue of 2018
There's an old adage in western corporate news media... 'If it Bleeds, it Leads'. This is not always the case though. Recently much of...
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The world is a scary place. That's what I keep hearing anyway, and right now, the omnipresent threat to my personal safety, freedom, employment,...
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A young Korean friend asked for a little help with a short essay he had written for his university English class. We chatted over...
The World’s Worst Mass Murderers
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I had a White People Problem in Africa
I finally stepped out of the airport, breathed the fresh air and looked up at big, blue African skies. Three seconds later I lowered my gaze and...
