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By Soul Pundit, on May 16th, 2010
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In a recent NPR piece, Americans Distrust Congress? That’s No Surprise, writer Andrea Seabrook interrogated America’s growing distrust of congressional leadership. Seabrook starts the argument well but just flat misses the big picture. One of [...]
By Soul Pundit, on April 22nd, 2010
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There is no substitute for good journalism.
Check out this clip of Anderson Cooper interviewing Arizona representative Cecil Ash about his support of birther legislation. It’s amazing to think how uninformed our politicians and our electorate can be. Because of bias [...]
By Soul Pundit, on April 15th, 2010
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Finding your life’s purpose and changing the lives of nearly 24,000 children and their parents in the process [...]
By Soul Pundit, on March 26th, 2010
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By Soul Pundit, on March 23rd, 2010
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Raj – The racist core of the Tea Party movement is [...]
By Soul Pundit, on March 26th, 2009
![]() jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_264()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_264(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-264′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_264′).attr(‘width’,'53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_264′).attr(‘height’,'69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_264′).attr(’src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/03/26/when-two-elephants-fight/&size=large’); }); }Sharereddit_url = http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/03/26/when-two-elephants-fight/;reddit_title = When+two+elephants+fight+.+.+.;reddit_newwindow=’1′;yahooBuzzArticleHeadline=When+two+elephants+fight+.+.+.;yahooBuzzArticleId=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/03/26/when-two-elephants-fight/;There is a classic eastern proverb that goes like this, “When two elephants are fighting, it is the grass who suffers.” Unfortunately for the people of Zimbabwe, there is no end in sight for their suffering. It will take an [...]
By Soul Pundit, on March 9th, 2009
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By Soul Pundit, on March 5th, 2009
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By Soul Pundit, on March 3rd, 2009
![]() jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_149()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_149(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-149′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_149′).attr(‘width’,'53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_149′).attr(‘height’,'69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_149′).attr(’src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/03/03/sticks-and-stones-may-bust-juans-bones/&size=large’); }); }Sharereddit_url = http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/03/03/sticks-and-stones-may-bust-juans-bones/;reddit_title = Sticks+and+stones+may+bust+Juan%27s+bone%27s;reddit_newwindow=’1′;yahooBuzzArticleHeadline=Sticks+and+stones+may+bust+Juan%27s+bone%27s;yahooBuzzArticleId=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/03/03/sticks-and-stones-may-bust-juans-bones/;Clearly NPR commentator Juan Williams feels like he has been viciously maligned by the left for his recent comments about Michele Obama. No need for me to dig all into the drama, that soap opera has aired. You can rehash [...]
By Soul Pundit, on February 28th, 2009
![]() jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_124()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_124(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-124′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_124′).attr(‘width’,'53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_124′).attr(‘height’,'69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_124′).attr(’src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/02/28/screwed-and-screwed/&size=large’); }); }Sharereddit_url = http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/02/28/screwed-and-screwed/;reddit_title = Wanted%3A+Republican+Talent+Scouts;reddit_newwindow=’1′;yahooBuzzArticleHeadline=Wanted%3A+Republican+Talent+Scouts;yahooBuzzArticleId=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/02/28/screwed-and-screwed/;Never thought I’d live to hear the words “poor Republicans” fall from my lips. Well that day has come. The Republicans who seemed to be standing back up after November’s drubbing at the polls, were back in the dumps. It [...]
By Soul Pundit, on February 20th, 2009
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By Soul Pundit, on February 14th, 2009
 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_22()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_22(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-22′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_22′).attr(‘width’,'53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_22′).attr(‘height’,'69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_22′).attr(’src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/02/14/on-micheal-phelps/&size=large’); }); }Sharereddit_url = http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/02/14/on-micheal-phelps/;reddit_title = Youthful+Antics;reddit_newwindow=’1′;yahooBuzzArticleHeadline=Youthful+Antics;yahooBuzzArticleId=http://www.soulpundit.com/2009/02/14/on-micheal-phelps/;As I sat down to write a piece advocating for Olympic Gold Medalist Micheal Phelps, I decided to wander over to his website. My mind was set. I was all prepared to castigate those who would scold him for his [...]
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