Category Archives: American Way

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All American Beauty

  Reflections on Beauty Who’s the fairest of them all? In the great cultural cauldron of 20th century America there was one basic ingredient to being an American Beauty- Caucasian. Well, apparently that old-fashioned recipe for prejudice is still being

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All American Beauty

  Reflections on Beauty Who’s the fairest of them all? In the great cultural cauldron of 20th century America there was one basic ingredient to being an American Beauty- Caucasian. Well, apparently that old-fashioned recipe for prejudice is still being

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Cold War Defrosted PtII

Is the Cold War coming out of the deep freeze? Having caught a Cold War chill I never could quite shake, the current frosty relations between President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin send a shiver down my spine, as childhood

anti communism ad radio free europe 1950s

Cold War Defrosted PtII

Is the Cold War coming out of the deep freeze? Having caught a Cold War chill I never could quite shake, the current frosty relations between President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin send a shiver down my spine, as childhood

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American Dream Doesn’t Add Up

Two Schools of Thought Simply put, sometimes the American Dream seems very black and white. According to a new study by economists at the University of California, Berkley, the current income inequality between the have’s and have not’s has never

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American Dream Doesn’t Add Up

Two Schools of Thought Simply put, sometimes the American Dream seems very black and white. According to a new study by economists at the University of California, Berkley, the current income inequality between the have’s and have not’s has never

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Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

world trade center

Remembering The World Trade Center

News of the 9/11 tragedy found its way to me through the antiquated airwaves of a vintage Bakelite radio. Only days before, I had moved from the New York I loved to one of its  leafy suburbs. Without cable or

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The Hard Sell

Step Right Up Folks Obama is going for the hard sell, as he becomes the pitchman for the unpopular war with Syria. It’s already been all out war …at least when it comes to public relations. Obama and the White

illustration Pt Barnum

The Hard Sell

Step Right Up Folks Obama is going for the hard sell, as he becomes the pitchman for the unpopular war with Syria. It’s already been all out war …at least when it comes to public relations. Obama and the White

Cold War Defrosted

The increasingly frosty relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladamir Putin sends a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The cold war world of black and white, us vs them

Cold War Defrosted

The increasingly frosty relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladamir Putin sends a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The cold war world of black and white, us vs them

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America World Peace Keeper

With our all-American can do-optimism, we have a long history of flexing our formidable global muscles, confident that our take charge performance would be gladly received wherever we went. Victorious after WWII America saw itself as the model for the

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America World Peace Keeper

With our all-American can do-optimism, we have a long history of flexing our formidable global muscles, confident that our take charge performance would be gladly received wherever we went. Victorious after WWII America saw itself as the model for the

Suburban Lawn Doctor

   Images of a green, velvety carpet of grass remain symbolic of home, family and the American Dream. In mid-century America a deep green lawn was evidence of nothing short of good citizenship. So what was  a patriotic suburban home

Suburban Lawn Doctor

   Images of a green, velvety carpet of grass remain symbolic of home, family and the American Dream. In mid-century America a deep green lawn was evidence of nothing short of good citizenship. So what was  a patriotic suburban home

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White Wash

 View the Entire Image of White Wash Despite the fact that many women were on the front lines in the civil rights movement, not only the driving force behind sit-ins, but  helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington, the

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White Wash

 View the Entire Image of White Wash Despite the fact that many women were on the front lines in the civil rights movement, not only the driving force behind sit-ins, but  helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington, the

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Why They Marched on Washington in 1963

A Sign of the Times Why was there a March on Washington in 1963? It’s as simple as Black and White. Separate was not equal, it was as different as black and white Fifty year later, are we still seeing

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Why They Marched on Washington in 1963

A Sign of the Times Why was there a March on Washington in 1963? It’s as simple as Black and White. Separate was not equal, it was as different as black and white Fifty year later, are we still seeing