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War and the “Golden Age”

I was just doing some needed research for a period piece that I’m writing. I’m probably not the first to notice this trend, but it seems that the decade just after any major war in America comes a “golden age” of perceived prosperity that rejuvinates, among other things, public opinion of politics. Of course, that [...]

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They’ve Been Pimping Our Children

I just got back from Bob Bowdon’s press screening of “The Cartel“, a documentary on the misuse of funding in the public school system and some of the alternate education options that should be considered as replacements. Bob’s film brings to light the problems inherent in the overstaffed and overpaid state funded teacher’s union, focusing [...]

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5 Movies of 2010 I’m keeping my eye on.

Here are five films that have peaked my interest for the upcoming season. I’m not entirely certain as to their quality. In fact, I’m not even saying they’ll be good movies or even watchable. As they are not currently out in theaters I’m simply calling this my outlook list. In no particular order:

“Legion” (yeah, I’m [...]

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The War of Sci-fi and God

Last night I was falling asleep and had a series of thoughts run through my mind regarding our perception of time and the implications it has on the general theology of the protestant religion base. Anyhow, as I had just finished watching a back episode of “Lost” on Netflix (I refused to watch the show [...]

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10 Awesome things to do if you’re going to die the next day anyways…

I don’t consider this a “top ten” post per-se but you can if you want. The following is a list of activities one should consider if they know they’re going to be passing soon anyhow. Most of these activities are extremely dangerous but also extremely cool thus making them stand out as logical choices for [...]

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