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Getting real about “race”

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By Dr. Ada M. Fisher
 Yesterday while sitting in the corner barbershop, six police cars flew down the street.  The chasers brought back the report that last night one young sixteen year old black man was shot on a lot  next to a house I previously bought, fixed up and sold in an attempt to stabilize my neighborhood.   Today a robbery happened at the Black Credit Union in my community.  And so it goes, . . .increasingly worsening with the economy for there are no Enterprise Zones here like Jack Kemp championed and often it seems that I am the only …



The Rise of the Moderate Republican- An Endangered Species?

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
~Theodore Roosevelt

by Richard Ivory
There is a lot of talk in Republican circles about “Rhino Hunting”- described as kicking out anyone in the Party who does not fit the definition of Republicanism. The self-styled Rhino-hunter believes he is the tried and true Republican and thus our party’s lost this election was because of moderates like Sen. McCain.
Rhino-hunters, if they had their way, would choose a candidate who  emphasized social issues, such as anti-immigration or abortion as there …