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*Dalton Trumbo - Questioning *Johnny Got His Gun*

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Obama’s hopeless racial neutrality

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The world views of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Sen. Barack Obama were incompatible from the start, just as the mythical American Manifest Destiny world view is directly at odds with the facts as perceived by Blacks in the United States. Wright finally forced Obama to choose sides in the conflict of racial/historical visions, and in doing so, performed a service on behalf of clarity. Obama lashed out in a startlingly personal manner, calling Wright a “caricature read

So I Was Wrong

So I was wrong. The Kansas City Chiefs did not make a draft day deal with the St. Louis Rams. I had a hunch that the Atlanta Falcons would select Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan with the third selection of the first round in the NFL Draft that was held this past weekend. But I had a stronger hunch that the Chiefs would trade up to get Ryan before Atlanta could pick. Didn't happen. The Chiefs, however, get defensive tackle Glen Dorsey from LSU. Which is a great move for the Chiefs. In case y read

Where did that name come from?

Filed under: Business AOL Money & Finance has a feature on the origin of some famous brands named after people. Here are some of the ones that I found particularly interesting: Arby's stands for R.B., the initials of the Raffel Brothers. Many people think it stands for roast beef. Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell. I thought they just liked the bell logo. Who knew? Baskin-Robbins was a combination of two ice cream stores, one started by Irvine Robbins and the other by Burton Baskin. Thi read

Chiefs Draft Blog - Day Two

Sorry for the delay in getting back to this blog.  Apparently MVN had some issues late last night, and I was unable to publish anything.  Since I forgot the first day of the draft only went two rounds anyway, I don’t think I missed anything else the Chiefs did on Saturday.  This gives me the chance to recap the draft thus far, and the Chiefs are about 3-4 picks away as I ‘m writing this - so we’ll get back to the blog. Right now, I almost feel like a proud new father.  People are calling/texti read