Category: Current Affairs
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AMERICA FIRST
I was too young to comprehend John F. Kennedy’s inauguration address when it was delivered in 1961. But the words he delivered in that address resonated with me throughout my formative years. ‘Ask not what your country can do for you … ask what you can do for your country.’ They were poignant words of advice from a very wise leader on the day he became President. Those few simple words shaped my life and when the time came for me to serve my country I became a Peace Corps Volunteer.…
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AN AMERICAN ROLE MODEL
Eight years ago, millions of black American youth woke up the day after the Presidential election and said, ‘Wow! Some day even I can become President’. Last night, millions of American girls went to bed thinking, ‘Wonderful. It sure looks like some day even I can become President’. This morning millions of American youth are waking up and thinking, ‘Holy cow! I can be a bigot, a bully, a racist, a xenophobe, a misogynist, a Fascist, a serial liar and an imbecile and even I can become President of the United…
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THE TOUGHEST JOB YOU’LL EVER LOVE
It was 35 years ago today that a bunch of recent college graduates in agriculture, forestry and environmental education and I landed in Central America to begin our two-year Peace Corps Costa Rica Volunteer assignments. We all got to know each other a few months earlier in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. The Peace Corps flew all us in for a bit of psychological testing. For a few days we had to do all kinds of role playing or small group discussion under the watchful eye of some psychologist types. The idea…
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