Monthly Archives: September 2011

  INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer focuses on the importance of protecting human health and the environment. Local names Name Language … Continue reading →

    September 15, 2011 Colorlines.com Direct | Published by the Applied Research Center How the Right Made Racism Sound Fair—and Changed Immigration Politics Republican strategists have won the messaging war—and Democrats have conceded defeat. The result is more harsh … Continue reading →

Here is an update on the Cherokee Nation ruling of last week wherein 2,800 Freedmen/Women had their citizenship taken from them. Now the United States government, via the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is at odds with the Cherokee Nation decision. … Continue reading →

’9-11 Go Home’ Attackers of Sikhs Say by  Bill Morlin on September 9, 2011 A North Carolina convenience store was heavily damaged in a middle-of-the-night fire apparently started this week by an arsonist who sprayed hate graffiti marking the anniversary … Continue reading →

From the Lake, by Georgia O’Keefe. Oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″, 1929. Be not afraid; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about … Continue reading →

Courtyard With Lunatics or Yard With Madmen, by Francisco Goya. Painted 1793-1794. Oil on tinplated iron, 43.8 x 32.7. Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas. The lunatic is on the grass. The lunatic is on the grass. Remembering games and daisy chains … Continue reading →

During this week of the commemoration of 9/11, I also want to let people know of Ms. Cee Cee Lyles. She was one of the flight attendants on United Airlines Flight #93. The aircraft involved in the hijacking was a Boeing 757-222. … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Democracy is observed on September 15 each year. Local names Name Language International Day of Democracy English Día Internacional de la Democracia Spanish International Day of Democracy … Continue reading →

When 9/11 occurred, many first responders took their lives into their hands to save those buried under building rubble, from fires, from suffocation, and from certain death, as the famous Twin Towers of the World Trade Center fell. Many people, … Continue reading →

I usually do not watch so-called beauty pageants. As a matter of fact, I cannot remember the last time I saw an airing of the Miss Universe or Miss America pageants. Probably a few decades ago, as I did not … Continue reading →