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God Bless America

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Pogroms led many a Jewish family to pick up stakes and head for the ‘goldene medina’ (the “golden land”)- the sobriquet many used to describe the United States. Not much different from the thoughts of those in Central America, subjected to mayhem and kidnapping or murder, those in Syria subject to chemical attacks and barrel bombs from their ‘government’. And are welcomed as readily (i.e., NOT) by American citizenry.

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Shh. Secret Discrimination

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I wasn’t going to continue this, but I was having a discussion with my normal coffee buds and this issue came up. And, several folks asserted facts that were plainly untrue. Quoting that Fox News said so. (It turns out that Fox News actually has NEWS programs- and their reporting is pretty darned good. But, the shows- you know, the ones with abrasive personalities at night or blond(e) bimbos [the e is in parentheses to denote either gender] in the morning, the ones that air about 22 hours a day- are NOT news. But, they want you to think they are.)

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Memories… of the way things used to be… And, the way things can become

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I was reviewing (the unfinished) manuscript of my book on small business leadership and found this short piece I had written for a friend’s book four  years ago.   A piece that needed a little updating- but with a message that’s critical for us all.

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The Ides of April (give or take)

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This year provides an unusual confluence of events.

150 years ago, this past Thursday, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses P. Grant.  Which meant that the Civil War, the war between the North and the South, the war between factions in America was “officially” over.  But, like our Battle for Independence, the war went on for at least a few more months.  There wasn’t instant communication back then- but. more importantly, to my mind, the war is still ongoing.

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