WE WERE COMING TO A TOWN. MOVING STEADILY ALONG THE ROAD, A TINY BLACK DOT WAS HEADING FOR THE TOWN. A MOMENT LATER, I SAW IT WAS A HORSE AND BUGGY. I COUNTED FOUR HEADS IN THE BUGGY—A FAMILY. THEY WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE WE HAD SEEN ALL DAY.
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Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 2:47PM
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THE SURPRISE—AND EVEN THAT WORD UNDERSTATES IT—NOMINATION OF ALVIN GREENE, AN UNEMPLOYED MAN WHO LIVES WITH HIS PARESNTS, AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE RACE HAS CAPTIVATED THE COUNTRY.
How could a man who has acknowledged ...
Posted Saturday, June 12th 2010 at 10:31AM
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BP has a really messy problem on its hands. They've tried everything, from piles of garbage and giant straws to intricate top hats, but nothing seems to be able to clean up this massive spill. The thick, black liquid is spreading faster than they had ...
Posted Friday, June 11th 2010 at 6:03PM
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AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK OF PANIC ON HER SWEET YOUNG FACE AS SHE SLID OFF THE FLIER. I DOVE DOWN TOWARD HER BUT I COULDN’T GET THERE QUICKLY ENOUGH. LITTLE EMILY WAS SLIPPING OFF THE FLIER AND I COULDN’T SAVE HER. IN A MOME ...
Posted Friday, June 11th 2010 at 8:32AM
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THERE HAD TO BE SOME WAY TO REGAIN OUR BALANCE. IF WE COULD SOMEHOW REACH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLIER, THE SIDE NOW ON THE HIGH END, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLATTEN OUT. I REACHED FOR THE WOOD FRAME ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, STRETCHING AS FAR AS I COULD. ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 10:22PM
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ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND: The Untold Story of History’s First Flight. By Richard Kigel. Part 22.
OH, NO, I THOUGHT. BAD MISTAKE. THE ANGLE OF THE FLIER WAS WAY TOO STEEP. WE WERE FLYING COCKEYED. THE FLIER WAS FLIPPING. ALL WE COULD DO T ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 7:07PM
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EVERYTHING WAS PEACEFUL UNTIL RANDALL SPOKE UP.
“I HAVE TO PEE,” HE SAID. I FELT IT TOO, A SHARP, PAINFUL PINCHING DEEP INSIDE THE BOTTOM OF MY BELLY.
“HOLD IT IN,” I TOLD HIM. “THERE’S NO PALCE TO GO UP HERE. AS SOON AS WE GET DOWN, THA ...
Posted Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 11:28AM
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WATCHING THE SCENERY ROLLING BY WAS ABOUT ALL WE COULD DO. PASSING OVER MILES OF OPEN COUNTRY, ABOVE HILLS AND FIELDS, FORESTS AND STREAMS, THIS WAS OUR ONLY ENTERTAINMENT. I COULD FEEL THE SKIN ON THE BACK OF MY NECK BLISTERING UNDER THE SCORCHING ...
Posted Tuesday, June 8th 2010 at 4:17PM
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AFTER ALL THAT, RANDALL STILL HAD SOME FIGHT IN HIM. HE SHOT ME THE MEANEST, ORNERIEST LOOK, AS IF I HAD DONE SOMETHING BAD TO HIM INSTEAD OF SAVING HIS LIFE. I HAD ENOUGH OF HIS TRICKS. “NEXT TIME I WILL JUST LET YOU FALL AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT. ...
Posted Monday, June 7th 2010 at 6:04PM
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REVIEW COPIES OF “ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND” WENT OUT TO QUITE A FEW PROMINENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY SCHOLARS. I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT I JUST HEARD FROM DR. HENRY LOUIS GATES AND DR. KATE CLIFFORD LARSON.
What the book needs most now is re ...
Posted Saturday, June 5th 2010 at 11:05AM
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RANDALL WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLIER WITH A STRANGE LOOK ON HIS FACE, A MIX OF FEAR AND DESPERATION. HE WAS FEELING AROUND THE POCKET OF HIS SHIRT AND HE SEEMED TO BE IN A PANIC. THIS COULD NOT BE GOOD.
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Posted Saturday, June 5th 2010 at 11:03AM
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AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE APOLLO IS NOTORIOUSLY MERCILESS. WITH DOZENS OF STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE OF 1,500, THE BOOING CAME PARTICULARLY FAST AND FURIOUS. AND DON’T TEACHERS ENDURE ENOUGH ALREADY?
Around the time the ninth New York City public-schoo ...
Posted Friday, June 4th 2010 at 8:53AM
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June 3, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama
THE WHITE HOUSE
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mrs. Obama:
“No other group of slaves anywhere, at any period in history, left such a large repository of testimony abo ...
Posted Thursday, June 3rd 2010 at 5:23PM
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SUMMARY: THE STORY SO FAR…
Josiah, a young slave 12 years of age, lives in a cabin in the slave quarters of a Virginia tobacco plantation with Auntie Bee, Mose, the plantation handyman, two young children, Randall and Emily. He notices Mose lea ...
Posted Thursday, June 3rd 2010 at 9:02AM
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SUMMARY: THE STORY SO FAR…
Josiah, a young slave 12 years of age, lives in a cabin in the slave quarters of a Virginia tobacco plantation with 8 other slaves, including Auntie Bee, Mose, the plantation handyman, two young children, Randall and Em ...
Posted Wednesday, June 2nd 2010 at 8:00AM
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AND HE RODE UPON A CHERUB AND DID FLY; YEA, HE DID FLY UPON THE WINGS OF THE WIND—PSALM 18:10
NOW THEY ARE UP, THE FIRST AVIATORS FLYING ON THE FIRST AIRCRAFT IN HISTORY…
We were moving away from the mountain at a pretty good clip. I ...
Posted Monday, May 31st 2010 at 9:33PM
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AND HE RODE UPON A CHERUB AND DID FLY; YEA, HE DID FLY UPON THE WINGS OF THE WIND—PSALM 18:10
NOW THEY ARE UP, THE FIRST AVIATORS FLYING ON THE FIRST AIRCRAFT IN HISTORY…
A violent rush of wind battered us from all sides. It felt like we ...
Posted Monday, May 31st 2010 at 11:27AM
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JOSIAH, A YOUNG 12 YEAR OLD SLAVE ON A VIRGINIA PLANATAION, NOTICES THAT AN OLD MAN NAMED MOSE KEEPS LEAVING THE SLAVE QUARTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HE FOLLOWED MOSE ON NIGHT TO HIS SECRET WORKSHOP IN THE WOODS AND DISCOVERED HIS PLAN TO BUIL ...
Posted Saturday, May 29th 2010 at 5:23PM
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HERE IS PART OF THE STORY. IT DEALS MOSTLY WITH THE DECLINE OF LARRY KING. BUT RACHEL MADDOW IS EXHIBIT “A” IN THE FIRST SENTENCE AS ONE OF THOSE TV COMPETITORS WHO BESTED HIM.
May 26, 2010
IN A NEW ERA OF TV, RIVAL HOSTS DROWN OUT KING
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Posted Thursday, May 27th 2010 at 11:27AM
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“IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE ILLUSION. LIKE, YOU CAN WEAR LACE BUT WHAT’S THE POINT. THE ILLUSION OF JUST HAVING BARE SKIN IS DEFINITELY A LOT MORE BEAUTIFUL. THE DESIGN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REAR. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I HAVE A VERY WELL-DEVELO ...
Posted Thursday, May 27th 2010 at 11:25AM
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FINDING COMMON GROUND AMONG FAITHS CAN HELP US BRIDGE NEEDLESS DIVIDES AT A TIME WHEN UNIFIED ACTION IS MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER. WE MUST EMBRACE THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY AS WE FACE GLOBAL ISSUES LIKE PANDEMICS, ECONOMIC CRISES AND EXCOLOGICAL DISASTER ...
Posted Tuesday, May 25th 2010 at 9:21PM
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Next day I wasn’t even tired. Last night’s secret chase was exciting. Thinking about it filled me with an extra burst of energy. But by the afternoon, I needed all the energy I could muster because we were in the midst of one of those dreadful hot ...
Posted Sunday, May 23rd 2010 at 9:28PM
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I was laying in the dark, exhausted, for a good long time. But I couldn’t fall asleep. I don’t know how any of us got any sleep in that ruckus—snoring, sneezing, coughing, wheezing. When one of them got started this would provoke someone else to j ...
Posted Saturday, May 22nd 2010 at 8:30PM
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