2010
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The Yen is Mightier than the Sword
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III – After the Democrats and the Obama administration took a historic beating in the mid-term elections the President left on a 10-day trip to Asia. The President hoped to complete a trade pact with South Korea, convince China to work towards a trade friendly monetary policy, and get the G20 [...]
Gov. Barbour: Scott sisters’ sentences to be suspended
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has suspended the life sentences of two sisters convicted in 1994 for their roles in an armed robbery that netted $11, but one sister’s release is contingent on her giving a kidney to the other. Barbour said Wednesday that Gladys and Jamie Scott are eligible for parole in 2014, but “Jamie [...]
Rep. Barbara Jordan selected as the 2011 USPS Black Heritage stamp honoree
The U.S. Postal Service today officially unveiled the images of its commemorative stamp program. Former U.S. Congresswoman from Texas Barbara Jordan is the 2011 Black Heritage stamp honoree. In 1972, Jordan was the first African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives from the South. Prior to being elected to Congress, Jordan was [...]
Tucker Carlson: Michael Vick ‘should have been executed’
Politico – Tucker Carlson, filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News last night, picked up the issue of President Obama’s call to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, during which the president thanked Lurie for giving Michael Vick a second chance. The call had been a hot topic on Fox throughout what was a pretty [...]
Civil rights activists jump online
Washington Post – When black college students began the sit-in protests that led to the integration of the Jim Crow South, news spread quickly by word of mouth. Soon, students in several states were engaged in similar nonviolent sit-ins, spurring on the civil rights movement. Fast-forward 50 years: Civil rights activists advocating everything from reform [...]
