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Born and raised in Baltimore as the oldest son of a loving middle-class family, I always felt there was something outside of the slightly stodgy, one-dimensional world of Urban Maryland. I was always that kid who did real well on his standardized testing
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RSS Feed- Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Are we [Americans] collectively dumb as a nation?
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America isn't a country of idiots like the pundits would have you believe. Sure we spend too much time watching reality TV, bestowing privileges and acclaim to lunatic egotists who we like tearing down just as much as we like building up. But we're not dumb. We're just a country that's too busy worrying about getting through... More..
- Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Why we care so much about celebrities
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To understand why we care so much about celebrities, we have to first look at why they are celebrities; or, moreover, why they get paid exorbitant sums of money for getting to play pirate or act like they've just found Mr. Right or pretend to save a whole city/country/world/universe from destruction of some sort. Now I could... More..
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Entertainment > Movie Analysis
Does Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End deliver where Dead Man's Chest didn't?
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At World's End fulfilled what to me was the great journey of Captain Jack Sparrow from the first second he appeared atop the mast of a sinking ship - to paint an epic tale combining elements of classic stories and archetypes with modern values and a pop culture understanding of the difference between scoundrels and villains ... More..
- Politics, News & Issues > International News 2nd Lt. Prince Harry deployed to Iraq
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Anybody think it's a coincidence that the Blair announced today he's beginning the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq? What a great message that says. If the children of poor or average parents must go to war because they have no other job skills, that's just fine. But if the children of the wealthy and the powerful are ... More..
- Entertainment > Movie Analysis Movie analysis: Into the Wild
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At one point, seemingly every man wants to say goodbye to all the mortal trappings of modern society and withdraw into the wilderness, in some cabin far removed from humanity. Of course very few people actually do that, but it was knowing that "Into The Wild" was a true story of a man who actually did that in the end should ... More..
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