Category: Opinion
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White evangelicals are loosing their grip on American culture
in OpinionSince the founding of the United States, white evangelicals have a had a controlling grip on American society. In the 1960s, many evangelicals became politically active and an important voting bloc of the Republican Party. They thought that their philosophy would be the moral compass of the United States. Fortunately, that was not the case;…
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Canadians are turning their backs on the catholic church
The catholic church has refused to accept any responsibility for its major role in clandestine burials of Native American kids on residential school grounds. Since the firts mass grave was found with 215 kids, on May 27, 2021, several churches have been burned to the grounds, and many others have been vandalized. Prime Minister Justin…
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White People’s Death of Despair and the Loss of Social Status
White people’s life expectancy in the United States is decreasing. At one time, white people could be expected to have the highest life expectancy by a wide margin, but that lead is getting narrower and narrower. The contributing factors are drug overdoses, alcoholism, liver disease, suicides, obesity, growing economic uncertainty, job polarization, restricted access to…
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Should You Be Concerned If You Live In a High Rise Building?
On June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building, a 12-story beachfront condominium in Miami, Florida, partially collapsed. The death count is not finished yet, but it will easily surpass 100 people. The suspected cause of the collapse is the long-term degradation of reinforced concrete support structures. My mother is at risk My mother lives…
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The Gender Income Gap in Publishing is Alive And Well
A long time ago I was under the impression that men and women had an equal opportunity when it came to writing books. I used to say “The keyboard doesn’t know whether the person doing the typing is a man or a woman.” and then, whether the book is a bestseller or not, it depends…
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Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day
in OpinionNot too long ago, I did my 23andMe genetic testing and I discovered that I am 28% Indigenous American. I am also 56.6% of European descent. But when I read the history book, and I read about how the colonizers and the Catholic church tried to destroy the indigenous people and/or their culture, I don’t…