Author: KJ McElrath

It’s Wilma Rudolph Day – Black, Female, Southern, Sick – Nothing Could Stop Her

It’s Wilma Rudolph Day – Black, Female, Southern, Sick – Nothing Could Stop Her

Posted by | Jun 23, 2015 | |

Today is Wilma Rudolph Day in the state of Tennessee. For those who may not know her name, which is the vast majority of persons reading this article, Wilma was a black, female, champion sprinter. Over half a century ago, she was known as “the Tornado,” the fastest woman on earth after bringing home three gold medals from the 1960 Olympic Games. A native of Tennessee, Wilma had a great many obstacles to overcome – and being black and female was the least of it. The youngest of twenty-two children, she was born prematurely. At the age of four,...

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Pope Francis Represents Us All – In Words & Actions – How the Haters Must Truly Hate Him

Pope Francis Represents Us All – In Words & Actions – How the Haters Must Truly Hate Him

Posted by | Jun 23, 2015 | , , |

Back around 1987 this author ran across a pamphlet written by one “Reverend Salamander” of “The Church of God Within.” The one memorable statement was this: “Since there is only One True God, there can be no ‘one true religion.’ Each of the world’s faiths is a different cultural expression of the same fundamental truths.” In other words, “God” (what and/or whoever you conceive that to be) only appears different when reflected and filtered through a given cultural perspective – but underneath, remains the same. It is something that scholars, philosophers and humanists have long recognized. Stripped of external...

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Pope Francis Speaks the Truth: The Catholic Church and GOP Worst Nightmare

Pope Francis Speaks the Truth: The Catholic Church and GOP Worst Nightmare

Posted by | Jun 23, 2015 | , |

Many of us are likely to have heard U.S. President Obama compared to a “rock star”  (often, but not necessarily in a derisive manner) by the mainstream media. Only last week, Bill Maher introduced Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as a “rock star”. Why? Most of our readers know the answer to that – and understand the reason behind the answer.  That said, it should come as no surprise that the current pontiff, His Holiness Pope Francis I, has also been labeled as a “rock star.” The Oxford dictionary defines the term “rock star” (aside from actual successful musical performers...

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Some Governments Provide Homes for the Homeless, Others Provide Jails. Which Works?

Some Governments Provide Homes for the Homeless, Others Provide Jails. Which Works?

Posted by | Jun 21, 2015 | , , |

The mainstream media does not wish to address the fact that across the United States many governmental agencies are dealing with poverty by making it a criminal offense.  At least thirty municipalities have passed laws making it illegal to feed the homeless. Barriers, such as spikes, are being constructed under bridges; homeless people are rounded up and jailed or unceremoniously dumped outside the city limits. Perhaps the most extreme example of this loathing of the homeless was demonstrated in December of 2013. Hawaii state representative Tom Bower, declaring he was “disgusted” by Waikiki’s homeless problem, decided the thing to...

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Don’t We Really Have to Wonder About the New GOP Love Affair With Obama’s TPP?

Don’t We Really Have to Wonder About the New GOP Love Affair With Obama’s TPP?

Posted by | Jun 19, 2015 | , |

At President Obama’s first inauguration ball, he and First Lady Michelle Obama danced to a modern pop version of a 1941 hit, entitled At Last. The song would be even more appropriate today, given the new romance between the President and his Republican members of Congress. At last! After more than six years of bickering, fighting, belittling, criticizing, sabotaging and blocking his agenda at every turn, the Republican CONgress (along with an appalling number of Democrats) and President Obama have fallen in love – over the Trans Pacific Partnership. This promises to be the most disastrous in a long...

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