Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see JL

After Duke Prosecution Began to Collapse, Demonizing Continued

Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:41 PM EDT (The New York Times)

But since last week was one for pondering language and apology, here's what those who know Reade Seligmann of Essex Fells, N.J., Collin Finnerty of Garden City, on Long Island, and David Evans of Bethesda, Md., are wondering.

discrimination, duke, rape, racism, sexism, us-news, racial-profiling, imus, lacrosse, bigotry

Breaking the Truth Barrier

Seeded on Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:46 PM EDT (The New York Times)

TUESDAY, April 15, 1947, dawned wet and cold. But the eager crowd at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn didn't care. Before the game, 15 photographers hovered around the Brooklyn Dodgers' new first baseman. "I'll be No. 42," he had joked to his wife that morning.

sports, new-york, baseball, race, civil-rights, racism, washington-post, segregation, african-american, black-history

'How the F Can I Be White? I Don't Even Exist.'

Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:00 AM EDT

Over the last week, I have been subjected to hearing the name "Imus" ad nauseam.

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cowboys, eminem, discrimination, jesse-jackson, radio, rap, racism, sexism, us-news, hicks

If a turtle doesnt have a shell, is it naked or homeless?

Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:24 PM EDT

Actually, the answer is probably a little of both: a turtle without a shell is a naked, homeless turtle who needs a lot of love and care. But then I got thinking (this is the part that usually gets me into trouble).

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naked, animals, unemployment, odd, odd-news, reality, employment, clothes, philosophy, fiction

Aphrodisiac-Buyer, Beware: That May Not Be Elephant Dung After All . . .

Seeded on Wed Mar 7, 2007 7:52 PM EST (The Economist)

How seal penises, elephant dung and smashed ivory are helping geneticists pinpoint the poaching of protected species.

asia, animals, sex, odd-news, dna, endangered-species, poaching, seals, aphrodisiacs, endangered-animals

Is the U.S. Military Surge In Iraq Beginning To Work

Seeded on Sat Mar 3, 2007 8:26 AM EST (The Economist)

IT IS very early days, but American officials in Baghdad say that the first signs of a joint American-Iraqi effort to stem the sectarian mayhem in the Iraqi capital are hopeful. Only one of five planned extra American brigades has yet been deployed.

middle-east, world-news

Thurgood Marshall - Remembering A Final Farewell To A Great Mind

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:07 PM EST (The New York Times)

Ralph K. Winter, one of the Justice Marshall's first clerks when he sat on the Federal appeals court in New York, recalled how Mr. Marshall would call travel agencies in the 1940's, and by posing as a customer and uncovering their discrimination, would get them shut down.

history, civil-rights, supreme-court, lawyer, naacp, african-american, thurgood-marshall, black-history

Arthur Ashe-Advancing World Human Rights with a Tennis Racquet and a Vision

Seeded on Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:13 PM EST (ESPN.com)

When Ashe, after three unsuccessful tries, finally received a visa to play in South Africa in 1973, he was widely criticized in the black press and by activists.

sports, tennis, civil-rights, south-africa, black, grand-slam, apartheid, african-american, black-history, sports-history

The Underground Railroad: The Price Of Freedom

Seeded on Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:49 PM EST (PBS)

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person.

history, slavery, civil-rights, black, civil-war, john-brown, african-american, black-history, harriet-tubman, harpers-ferry

MLK's 6 Principles Of Nonviolence: Put Them In Action

Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:31 PM EST

Black History Week was first celebrated on February 12, 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. At that time, Black History Week was a single week-long celebration of Black history, occurring in the second week of February.

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race, politics, american, civil-rights, policy, foreign-policy, martin-luther-king, mlk, african-american, black-history

1944: 50 Black Sailors On Trial For Mutiny

Seeded on Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:36 AM EST (History.Com)

15% of all African-Amercian Military Casualties during WWII Occurred on July 17, 1944, in Chicago, IL

chicago, navy, military, civil-rights, racism, black, us-news, african-american, thurgood-marshall, black-history

Jackie Robinson: A Leader Of Change

Seeded on Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:57 AM EST (Fleetwood Mac Biography - Biography.com)

"In 1947, Robinson went to the major leagues to play for the Dodgers. This move made quite a stir and even some of his new teammates objected to having an African American on their team. People in the crowds sometimes jeered at Robinson, and he and his family received threats.

sports, baseball, race, civil-rights, racism, segregation, african-american, jackie-robinson, black-history

The Role Of The Founding Fathers In Abolishing Slavery

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:39 AM EST (Campaign Standard)

Lincoln was presented with two concrete options: working to overthrow democracy, or working to secure consent through persuasion.

white, history, constitution, race, civil-rights, black, african, bigotry, equality, african-american

ACLU (Va Chapter) ex-president charged in child-porn case

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:40 AM EST (The Washington Times)

"Federal authorities yesterday charged the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, who serves as a leader of youth sports organizations in the state, with receiving and possessing child pornography.

arrests, internet, us-news, child-porn, aclu, criminal, pornography, child-porography

Hating Hillary

Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:02 PM EST (The Economist)

Mrs Clinton has worked hard to defuse Hillary-hatred over the past six years. She has remodelled herself as an impeccably centrist senator, co-sponsoring bills with prominent conservatives. She has made the right noises about abortion and flag-burning.

new-york, clinton, politics, president, candidate, hillary, presidency, national-health-service, bill-clintonn, mrs-clinton

72 Year Old Competing For 190 MPH Daytona 500 Slot With $1.5m Car

Seeded on Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:30 PM EST (ESPN.com)

James Hylton, 72, has been driving a stock car longer than most in the garage have lived. Although the 1966 rookie of the year hasn't driven in a Cup event since 1993 at Darlington, he has been a regular in the ARCA series.

sports, old, auto-racing, nascar, driving, cars, age, daytona-500, hylton, cup-race

Is Fox News Biased Or Are You? Read And Be Your Own Judge

Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:35 PM EST

Anyone who asserts that there is bias in the main-stream media (excepting Fox News, of course) is obviously biased, partisan, and in need of IQ-enhancing medication. Right? Maybe not. Is Fox biased? Read on and make that determination yourself.

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media, tv, unbalanced, abc, newspapers, television, bias, news, fox, cbs

The Meaning Of Mecca

Seeded on Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:46 AM EST (JPost.com)

"If I were an Iranian," my friend said, "I would name the central boulevard crossing Teheran after President George W. Bush, for he handed Iraq over to the Iranians on a silver platter, without them having to pay a single dollar for it.

iraq, israel, lebanon, iran, hamas, jordan, saudi-arabia, persian-gulf, sunni-arabs, palestinian-authority

God, sex, drugs and politics

Seeded on Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:30 AM EST (The Economist)

"THE governor's action seems to signify that God's moral law regarding sex outside of marriage can be transgressed without consequence." Those words came this week from Rick Scarborough of Vision America, a Christian lobbying group.

texas, health, vaccine, republican, womens-health, vd, venerial-disease

V-Day: A Gift Your Sweetheart Won't Soon Forget (And It's Free)

Seeded on Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:21 AM EST (-)

"But what can you give that shows your heart is full even if your wallet is empty?

money, candy, odd-news, valentine, love, gifts, poetry, lovers, sweetheart, v-day

Iran Considers Gasoline Rationing . . . Seriously

Seeded on Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:40 PM EST (Campaign Standard)

"According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 10 percent of the world's total proven oil reserves are in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2005, Iran produced approximately 5 percent of global crude production.

oil, middle-east, iran, nuclear, persian-gulf, energy-crisis, world-news, greenhouse-gases, oil-subsidies

How Does A Father Sleep Knowing He Left His Daughter Outside To Freeze To Death?

Seeded on Thu Feb 8, 2007 12:06 PM EST (-)

On the same day, Mr. Page said in a statement to police, he had chastised his daughter because she would not return to bed and had begun to scream.

snow, father, cold, murder, daughter, pittsburgh, us-news, freezing, infanticide

Calling All Moderate Conservatives

Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:55 PM EST

I have spent the last couple of weeks getting acquainted with Newsvine. After reading numerous discussions, I have seen views espoused by one side or another; sometimes brought with tact and other times, brought rather acerbically.

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politics, liberal, republican, democrat, conservative

To Tell Of Smell Or Not To Tell. That Is The Question

Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:45 PM EST

The other day, I got onto an elevator at work along with a woman in the building. The moment we walked through the elevator thresh hold, we looked at one another, each expressing a momentary look of more than a slight dissatisfaction.

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us-news, manners, cologne, second-hand-smells