March 2011
March 9th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 9 Comments
Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, is scheduled to hold at least one hearing on what he calls the “radicalization of Muslims in the United States.” The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, 2011.Representative King, who has admitted many times that his views toward Muslim Americans changed radically after 9/11, is determined to use his powerful post as chairman of the House...
March 9th, 2011
Written by Shawn Flaherty in Other with 0 Comments
Editors Note: The Whitehouse is hosting a conference on March 10, 2011 on the topic of bullying.WASHINGTON, DC — In response to a number of high-profile cases, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the nation’s oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, tackles the issue of bullying as a form of abuse in its recent Children’s Voice magazine, which has a broad readership...
March 8th, 2011
Written by Francesca Biller in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
As I embark on a meaningful journey to my mother’s homeland of Hawaii to write a book about my family’s experience during World War II, this trip will be one like no other I will ever take: revealing truths and stories previously untold, but surely never forgotten once they are shared.In all families, there is “that one story” that seers and bonds the family legacy together, and in mine, our tale...
March 7th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 34 Comments
A Mississippi organization, The Sons of Confederate Veterans, is seeking to have a commemorative license plate named after a famous Confederate General. That within itself is not the problem. But the General they seek to honor is: General Nathan Bedford Forrest.While Nathan Bedford Forrest earned the reputation of being a great cavalry leader in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, there...
March 4th, 2011
Written by Laura Monroe in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
In a global and technologically advanced world reeling from a hard-hitting recession that left inits wake a high rate of home foreclosures, major budget deficits, and unemployment numbershovering around 10 percent, people are now forced to take a new approach in choosing how to spend their money. Gone are the days of “buy, buy, buy,” where consumers, in a never-ending drive to accumulate, end up...