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Sorry About the Slavery Thing

Labor Day has come and gone. Schools are open and vacations are over. The NFL football season begins on the weekend and a vast number of American males will turn their attention to the business of overgrown men trying to kill each other without any protest against the violence from the TV viewers. I expect […]

Free At Last In Mississippi

The Mormon author of THE REDEMPTION OF COLUMBUS offered the supposition that slavery was a boon to mankind, since that particular institution established a value to human life previously sacrificed to satisfy the blood lust of pagan gods. A GOP politician echoed Orson Scott Card’s theory in the 2012 election by saying that slavery in […]

Back To Work

Last week I had no work ahead of me and the rest of the year promised to offer more of the same. I luckily sold two diamonds to make enough money to pay rent and send my kids in Thailand, but my own existence was threatened by a dismal lack of funds. I called friends […]

Sorry About the Slavery Thing

The USA was founded on the extermination of one race, the slavery of another, and the exploitation of the foreign workers. Most Americans would not agree with this assessment, however this week the Senate unanimously apologized for the centuries of enforced servitude by Africans. No mention of the Indian or Chinese slaves or my having […]