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On this, the anniversary of MLK's "I have a dream" speech, I would like to suggest that we take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished since 1963, and the work that we still need to do. We are still not at the point where "content of character" means more than anything else, so I would say we still have much to strive for.I would also like to talk about a dream of...

Anthony Graves has some nerve. How dare he prove his innocence and make the so-called law enforcement officials of the great state of Texas look like the racists fools they are for keeping an innocent man in prison for 18 years, and on death row for 12 of those 18. He should have just kept his mouth shut and gone to the execution chamber for a crime he didn't commit. But he didn't, and now...

There is a fight taking place about who should be the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.The incumbent Speaker, Republican Joe Straus, was elected two years ago with the help of Democrats in the House.With Republicans gaining many seats in this month's election, some Republicans are calling for someone they feel would a more conservative Speaker to take the office from Mr. Straus.Speaker Straus is Jewish.Not surprisingly given the people involved in this...

Former CNN news personality Rick Sanchez has been fired for saying that Jewish people run the media and that Jews are not a minority because they are successful in our society.That's right---Jews are doing really well in America and the world. At least those Jews are doing well who have not been exterminated. And, of course, we have just your normal every day Jewish folks who go about their daily lives and are not rich.But other...

I have taught a lot of workshops over the years, and one of the components that I cover when I deliver a workshop on change management is something called the "Emotional Contagion Theory."In the March 2005 issue of The Journal of Applied Psychology, Richard Saavedra and Thomas Sy at California State University at Long Beach examined the effects of a leader's mood on a group. They took 189 volunteer undergraduates, divided them into 63 groups of...

Republican U.S. Senator from Texas John Cornyn made the following update on his official Facebook page on Wednesday 9/8---"At DFW headed to Minneapolis to speak to Hispanic National Bar Association."Here are some of the 59 comments the Senator got back from folks signed up to receive his Facebook page---"Check ID's at the door.""Aren't you a TEXAS Senator?""Thinking of moving up there or buying a ranch??? Surprised the Hispanic Bar Association invited you. Interesting who you...

So the good pastor in Gainesville says he doesn't think their actions will directly provoke any problems in the Middle East for our troops if they have a Koran burning party at their little church.  I find it rather ironic that the name of his church is the Dove World Outreach Center. Doves are typically the symbol of peace, right? World outreach implies that they want to reach out and embrace others, right? It seems...

As we have seen over the past couple of years, prejudice and racism is on the rise. Xenophobia seems to be growing. All of it is threatening to come to a head. However, as I was reading Charles Krauthhammer's column on Sunday, while I usually disagree vehemently with him and did this time, I noticed again what we are dealing with. The GOP, conservative movement, Fox news, and whoever else they claim in their tent...

Thanks to Shortstuff for the inspiration! Unlike many of the talking heads who now appear on various "news" shows, Edward R. Murrow was a journalist with integrity who not only fought for free speech, but for TRUTH in journalism as well. He once said at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago in 1958 to a group of fellow journalists: "It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to...

... written in 1949 by Rogers and Hammerstein"South Pacific received scrutiny for its commentary regarding relationships between different races and ethnic groups. In particular, 'You've Got to Be Carefully Taught' was subject to widespread criticism, judged by some to be too controversial or downright inappropriate for the musical stage. Sung by the character Lieutenant Cable, the song is preceded by a lyric saying racism is "not born in you! It happens after you're born...' " You've...