Archive for July, 2012
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Boycott?
Posted on July 25, 2012
Charles C. Boycott probably would have gladly gone to Chick-Fil-A. Boycott was the British land agent who, representing the interests of an absentee English landlord in County Mayo, Ireland in...
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Are Massacres Inevitable?
Posted on July 25, 2012
The prevailing sentiment seems to be that massacres like what happened in Aurora, Colorado are inevitable. I wonder if that is so. Certainly, evil is an ever-present reality in this...
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From Hope to Helpless
Posted on July 23, 2012
Originally published in The Hill. The thrill is gone. The Obama presidency has failed to measure up to the optimism that greeted him when he first stepped into the White...
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High School Reunion
Posted on July 22, 2012
Who knew that the class of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, circa 1982, would turn out to be such a wonderful case study for an amateur sociologist like me? H-F was a...
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The Perfect Storm
Posted on July 20, 2012
In 1997, Sebastian Junger wrote a book called “The Perfect Storm”, detailing the demise of the Andrea Gail, a fisher trawler that got caught up in a unique weather event...
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