Senator Ted Kennedy
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Quick takes: Real-life angels to protect Tucson mourners; The Catholic Church becomes involved with TV series about exorcism; Ted Williams hits the tabloids; "Kennedys" miniseries nixed
Date: 01/12/2011
Angels to protect Tucson mourners from Westboro kooks. The anti-gay, anti-Catholic, anti-everybody Westboro Baptist Church wackos are planning to picket the funerals of the victims of the tragic Arizona shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others (including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords). Fortunately, there are real angels out their in the form of area residents who are planning an "an ...
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Contest for Teachers Only: DVDs on Presidents and Martin Luther King
Date: 01/09/2011
I have two DVDs to give away -- for teachers only, this time. These are from my very favorite series for kids, Scholastic's Storybook Treasures and they are perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, and President's Day in the classroom. March On!... and More Stories About African American History The first story on this DVD is written by the s ...
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Contest for Teachers Only: DVDs on Presidents and Martin Luther King
Date: 01/09/2011
I have two DVDs to give away -- for teachers only, this time. These are from my very favorite series for kids, Scholastic's Storybook Treasures and they are perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, and President's Day in the classroom. March On!... and More Stories About African American History The first story on this DVD is written by the s ...
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Quick takes: Huckleberry Finn, The Cape, Spider-Man, Phoenix Jones and a happy ending for one Ted Williams
Date: 01/05/2011
Publisher removes "N" word from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. "Injun" is also getting the axe as political correctness rewrites classic literature that, in the context of its time, can actually be seen as a remarkable statement against racism. Don't get me wrong. I hate the "N" word and am not too fond of "injun" either but this strikes me as a little creepy. NBC puts capes on NYC statues ...
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Fewer Catholics in Congress
Date: 12/03/2010
But, interestingly, the two parties have about the same number. From CNS, via U.S. Catholic: With more than three dozen Catholic Democrats voted out of office or choosing not to run in the November election, a decline in the number of Catholics in the 112th Congress would seem inevitable. But the decrease is not nearly as steep as might be expected, because of the 33 new Catholic Republi ...
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Boehner: Washington's most powerful Catholic?
Date: 11/03/2010
He might have some competition from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, but the man who will soon be the Speaker of the House could claim that title. Some details about John Boehner's upbringing: He was reared in a two-bedroom Sears catalog house in suburban Cincinnati with 11 brothers and sisters, and parents who slept on a pullout couch until they built an additio ...
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Rick Sanchez, Jon Stewart and alleged Jewish control of the media
Date: 10/05/2010
It seems everyone's weighing on CNN's firing of Rick Sanchez following his anti-Semitic rant on Pete Dominick 's Sirius XM radio show last week in which he called out Daily Show host Jon Stewart as a bigot for having the audacity to mock his Ted Baxter-like on-air antics and went on to wail about supposed Jewish domination of CNN and the media as a whole. So here, I go. First of all, the ...
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Muslim Families Proving Vital in War Against Terror
Date: 06/17/2010
(RNS) Wiretaps. Informants. Financial records. They all play vital roles in U.S. government investigations to prevent terrorist attacks. But in the last six months, another investigative tool has received increased attention: cooperation from suspects' families. Three times since December -- most recently on June 5, when two New Jersey men were apprehended at New York's John F. Kennedy Internati ...
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As the nation remembers the Senator, be inspired by these Ted Kennedy quotes taken from his long career as a public figure.