Monthly Archives: March 2014

26 Mar

Accidental Common Ground?

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Ever since working on a project encouraging pro-choice and pro-life activists to work on issues important to both groups, I have been on the look-out for potential common ground among “unlikely allies.” Recently, the title of a John Ransom column posted on Townhall.com on March 11 caught my attention. The column, entitled “Five Things Obama Could Do to be the Greatest President Ever, but Won’t”, raised my blood pressure and piqued my curiosity. I have learned from prior experience, however,…..

16 Mar

Slavery Through Sound

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Last Saturday, my wife, Lisa, and I viewed the movie “Twelve Years a Slave,” leaving my guide dog at home for a well-deserved rest. Without giving away too much of the plot, Solomon Northup, a free African American man who worked as a skilled carpenter and fiddle player while living in Saratoga, New York, was offered a two-week gig as a musician. His employers, however, drugged him, and he woke up in chains as a slave. During the film, he…..

06 Mar

Those New Jersey Drivers

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I grew up in Pleasantville, New York, a village about an hour north of New York City. Like other suburban kids, I spent many hours in the car with my mother and my sister, Jenny. As Mom drove, she commented upon the faux pas that other drivers committed, and, over time, it seemed that New Jersey drivers were violating road norms more than drivers from other states.

“Another one of those New Jersey drivers!” Mom would declare with mock scorn……

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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Accidental Common Ground?

Slavery Through Sound

Those New Jersey Drivers