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Hate Crime For Gays But Not Blacks?

Verdicts should be rendered on the aggravated intent of the other, And not based solely on group popularity versus one’s skin color.

(CLEVELAND) - Once again, Americans are challenged to confront needless death in the headlines; alleged crime and apparent lack of crime - conflicts that just fail to make sense.

A blatant shooting death goes unpunished, and a man who communicated the wrong information about another man's sexual orientation may disappear for a decade.

Vet To Vet Ohio

The WRAP or Wellness Recovery Action Plan is a way to provide... Through Facilitators and Certified Peer Support Specialists inside.

(CLEVELAND) - There are no words that adequately express the importance of employing our military veterans when they return home.

There are potential problems that these men and women suffer and bear, yet they are also the most reliable individuals any employer is likely to hire.

ROBO-Signing

$25 billion deal is largest settlement involving a single industry, since a multi-state tobacco deal in 1998.

(CLEVELAND) - A landmark $25 billion deal was reached Thursday between the U.S. government and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders, over foreclosure abuses that took place after the burst of the housing bubble.

Five of the largest banks had to reduce loans for around a million households in order to meet the deal. Now these institutions will have three years to fulfill their end of this arrangement.

`Atlas Shrugged` Still Flying Off Shelves!

“Atlas Shrugged” is a mystery story about the disappearance of America’s great thinkers.

(NEW YORK) - New reports from Ayn Rand’s publisher indicates that sales figures for “Atlas Shrugged” are continuing a remarkable trend.

Dr. Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute, said, “Since Obama was elected, ‘Atlas Shrugged’ has sold more than 1.5 million copies. This is unheard of in the publishing industry, for a 55-year-old novel to register sales of this magnitude...”

Whitney Houston (In Memorial) RIP

What we know today is that there is a great loss in the world and it will be felt by all...

(CLEVELAND) - The world is shocked over the news of Pop Diva Whitney Houston's unexpected death at the age of 48, like so many before this we never saw it coming, never imagined that this beautiful, extremely talented singer and actress would leave so soon.

At this point nobody knows how or why she died, the publicists have only released the news that she has died.

My Favorite Car Company

... worth taking a look at next time you're ready to climb into something new.

(CLEVELAND) - The company that started it all is a shining star today among the remaining U.S. auto manufacturers and more people need to realize this when they make that decision to drop their hard-earned money on a new car, really.

Chevrolet and Dodge both took the federal money- bailout money from the U.S. taxpayer, Ford did not hold its hand out for this one, they could have followed suit...

Poem: More Than This

Ignorance is indeed bliss... when details are merciless.

(LONDON) - Welcome to post post-modern times
Where loves comes with a turn and a twist
Nothing is ever straightforward
You're thinking of the age of innocence

Everything is on offer, with a discount if you insist
Try a bit of that, a touch of this
You don't even have to be sincere
And sex may precede any meaningful kiss...

`In ravaged times, poets become the voice of the voiceless`

It’s a different kind of imagination that is involved in this particular kind of being a witness, which you can very clearly see in my work.

(JAIPUR, India) - R Cheran is a Sri Lankan Tamil poet and academician, born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He published his first collection of poems Irandaavathu Suriya Uthayam (The Second Sunrise) in 1982.

His other titles include Yaman (God of Death) (1984), together with an anthology of Tamil resistance poems...

Whether Or Not You Weather The Storm

There’s something God wants you to do, there’s something God wants me to do, and there are risky things that God calls us to do.

(CLEVELAND) - Soren Kierkegaard, one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of a couple generations ago says we’ve interpreted the parable of the talents all wrong.

It’s the parable where a certain man goes on a journey and gives to one ten talents, to one five talents, to one only one talent. The guy with the ten talents invests it and comes out with ten talents more.

Poetry Double Shot: Ashu Kavi and Egypt (Is also a state of mind)

Everyone has something to offer, and no one has a natural or inherent right to make life difficult for others because they are different.

(CLEVELAND) - It may be all too common for we members of this world, supposedly divided by east and west, to overlook our vast similarities and common origins. They are everywhere if you just look, even sometimes by what appears to be coincidence.

Religious strife should not be a term; surely it would be the most sorely disappointing one to our Creator.