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USS North Carolina
Wrapped up an amazing week in Oak Island, NC on vacation – which took us near the USS North Carolina, a WW2 era battleship “parked” in Wilmington, NC. So cool to scramble all over such a lovely lady of the sea. I took some iPhone shots, focusing on details mostly — old machinery, buttons and…
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Can Christianity be racially integrated?
I’m asking the question because I doubt whether we’ve made much progress on this score. Here’s the article that sparked my thinking: Dismal parting for storied D.C. church and its first black pastor (Washington Post) I mean, the whole thing is just a mess. I don’t think that church/pastor is the best illustration of the…
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Great Recession: Back to the 30s
A striking article about youth who ride the freight trains, with even more stunning photography. The New Generation of American Train Hopers
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Breaking the Educational Industrial Complex
Yesterday, I rambled for a while about the ways in which our burgeoning educational efforts have turned into a beastly industrial complex, full of money and power in the hands of people who probably don’t have kids’ best interests at heart. In case I was unclear, I think the current testing craze is one of…
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